Companies' Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe

Research in International Business and Finance

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-177

  Allen, Matthew M C ^a   Allen, Maria L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Company funding; Economic growth; Employment relations; Fuzzy sets; South Eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908402727     PISSN: 02755319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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