Does start-up financing influence start-up speed? Evidence from the panel study of entrepreneurial dynamics

Small Business Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 137-167

  Hechavarría, Diana M ^a   Matthews, Charles H ^b   Reynolds, Paul D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital structure; Event history analysis; Nascent entrepreneurship; New firm founding; Panel study of entrepreneurial dynamics; Start up financing; Start up outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953361241     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-015-9680-y     Document Type: Article

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