Ownership structure, horizontal agency costs and the performance of high-tech entrepreneurial firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-282

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a   Croce, Annalisa ^a   Murtinu, Samuele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bank debt; High tech entrepreneurial firms; Horizontal agency costs; Ownership structure; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923810103     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9483-y     Document Type: Article

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