How do banks assess entrepreneurial competence? The role of voluntary information disclosure

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 525-544

  Moro, Andrea ^a   Fink, Matthias ^b,c   Kautonen, Teemu ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bank lending relationship; competence; entrepreneurship; interest rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903146115     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612458444     Document Type: Article

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