There is also pecking order theory in business. Don't think it's related.
Pecking order theory
In corporate finance, the pecking order theory (or pecking order model) postulates that the cost of financing increases with asymmetric information.
Pecking order theory was first suggested by Donaldson in 1961 and it was modified by Stewart C. Myers and Nicolas Majluf in 1984.[2] It states that companies prioritize their sources of financing (from internal financing to equity) according to the cost of financing, preferring to raise equity as a financing means of last resort. Hence, internal funds are used first, and when that is depleted, debt is issued, and when it is not sensible to issue any more debt, equity is issued.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order_theory