Funding the growth of UK technology-based small firms since the financial crash: Are there breakages in the finance escalator?

Venture Capital

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 237-260

  North, David ^a   Baldock, Robert ^a   Ullah, Farid ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

finance gaps; high technology; SME growth; venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880372022     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2013.804755     Document Type: Article

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