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

Why small and medium-sized firms tend to make recourse to external debt: An investigation into an Italian sample

Alberto Mazzoleni
  • Alberto Mazzoleni
  • Department of Economics and Management, University of Brescia, Italy.
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Elisa Giacosa
  • Elisa Giacosa
  • Department of Management, University of Turin, Italy.
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Manzi Luca Maria
  • Manzi Luca Maria
  • Department of Economics, Social Sciences, Mathematical and Statistics, University of Turin, Italy.
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  •  Received: 18 August 2016
  •  Accepted: 24 October 2017
  •  Published: 28 November 2017

How to cite this article

APA /
Mazzoleni, A., Giacosa, E., & Maria, M. L. (2017). Why small and medium-sized firms tend to make recourse to external debt: An investigation into an Italian sample. African Journal of Business Management, 11(22), 665-678.
Chicago /
Alberto Mazzoleni, Elisa Giacosa and Manzi Luca Maria. "Why small and medium-sized firms tend to make recourse to external debt: An investigation into an Italian sample." African Journal of Business Management 11, no. 22 (2017): 665-678.
MLA /
Alberto Mazzoleni, Elisa Giacosa and Manzi Luca Maria. "Why small and medium-sized firms tend to make recourse to external debt: An investigation into an Italian sample." African Journal of Business Management 11.22 (2017): 665-678.