"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …

majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in … SMEs seem to be very active in creating jobs in recent years. This suggests that a new type of firm is emerging that is …

enterprises (SMEs). In this framework, lending technologies are the key conduit through which government policies and national … on SME credit availability. Financial structures include the presence of different financial institution types and the … a homogeneous group, unsuitable for serving informationally opaque SMEs, and a frequent misleading conclusion is that …

Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Colombian economy, although they are not … characteristics, evolution, or overall contribution to the economy - in most cases, SMEs tend to be bundled together with micro …. One of the lessons of the last few years is that banks will expand SME lending on their own accord - in spite of the …

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in economic development, particularly in emerging countries, but … access to finance remains a key constraint to SME. In the light of the new understanding of the SME finance challenges that … order to achieve a global scale-up of SME access to financial services in the developing world. The G-20 FIEG SME Finance …

SMEs. SMEs play a vital role in Tunisia because at least 97.8 percent of Tunisian firms (across all sectors) fall into this … category. The main consequence of the prevalence of SMEs in Tunisia s economic landscape is that all economic development … strategies are de facto based on the performance of this category of companies. SMEs ability to obtain financing for their …