Financial Objectives of Small Firms

Philip L. Cooley and Charles E. Edwards

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 1983, vol. 8, issue 1, 27-31

Abstract: Goals perceived by business managers in practice may differ from those postulated in finance theory. Such a divergence between practice and theory is found in a perceptual survey of small-business managers. This paper reports on the financial goals perceived as important by small-business managers and discusses the implications of the findings. 1 1 The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial and administrative support provided by the Petroleum Marketing Education Foundation. Only the authors’ views are reported here, however,

Date: 1983
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