The Development of Social Capital and Financing of Entrepreneurial Firms: From Financial Bootstrapping to Bank Funding

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 661-686

  Jonsson, Sara ^a   Lindbergh, Jessica ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84880040900     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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