The big family: Informal financing of small- and medium-sized businesses by Guanxi

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-171

  Sheng, Hsia Hua ^a   Mendes Da Silva, Wesley ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84894485572     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.21609     Document Type: Article

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