The impact of government financial support on the performance of new firms: the role of competitive advantage as an intermediate outcome

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 663-705

  Pergelova, Albena ^a   Angulo Ruiz, Fernando ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

access to finance; competitive advantage; government equity; guarantees; loans; performance; public policy support

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SERVICES; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; MARKETING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926216371     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2014.980757     Document Type: Article

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