Do social capital building strategies influence the financing behavior of chinese private small and medium-sized enterprises?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 601-631

  Du, Jun ^a,b   Guariglia, Alessandra ^c   Newman, Alexander ^d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84927913228     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12051     Document Type: Article

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