Covenants and small business lending: The Finnish case

Small Business Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-149

  Niskanen, Jyrki ^a   Niskanen, Mervi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

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EID: 9744279717     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000027666.84118.a7     Document Type: Review

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