What do we know about entrepreneurial finance and its relationship with growth?

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-88

  Fraser, Stuart ^a   Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar ^b   Wright, Mike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; finance; firm growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921417495     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242614547827     Document Type: Article

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