African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4193

Full Length Research Paper

Company’s indebtedness trend for the growth and survival

Elisa Giacosa
  • Elisa Giacosa
  • Department of Management, University of Turin, Corso Unione Sovietica, 218 bis 10134 - Turin, Italy.
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Alberto Mazzoleni
  • Alberto Mazzoleni
  • Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Contrada Santa Chiara 58 - 25122 Brescia, Italy.
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  •  Received: 03 June 2017
  •  Accepted: 03 July 2017
  •  Published: 28 July 2017

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