Abstract
Despite their increasing importance in innovation, employment creation and economic growth, there is a dearth of theory-driven research on the financing and capital structure of new technology-based firms (NTBFs).1 Hogan and Hutson (2005a) advance the High-Technology Pecking Order Hypothesis (HTPOH) to explain the role of equity in the financing of NTBFs in the software product sector. The HTPOH posits that NTBFs exhibit a hierarchical pattern of financing that gives precedence to internal sources, but if external financing is required, equity is preferred to debt. This study investigates the extent to which the genesis of the NTBF affects its financing patterns?
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium |
Editors | A. Groen, R. Oakey, P. Van de Sijde, G. Cook |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
Chapter | 11 |
Pages | 163-184 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Volume | 6 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781849505444 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780080554488 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2008 |