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Primary Research: Expert Interviews

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In this chapter, results of the qualitative research undertaken are presented. The main purpose of this stage of the research was to gain an exploratory insight into cost-of-capital practices and identify factors that influence the cost-of-capital practices of companies.

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Schlegel, D. (2015). Primary Research: Expert Interviews. In: Cost-of-Capital in Managerial Finance. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15135-9_6

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