. Consequently, the goal of our evaluation is to assess the impact of the policy on equity, debt and employment. Using various …

-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are important for employment and economic activity; however, they are perceived to … more willing to lend to SMEs. In this paper, we directly ask banks (the main providers of SME external finance) what … foster SME lending and attention has focused on improving the institutional environment, such that the financial system is …

effect of reducing employment in small firms as well as what these firms offer their workers. Thus, if there are only small …

estimation of causal effects shows significant higher average annual employment growth rates of German venture-backed firms. …

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … employment, and the effects are primarily felt by the relatively smaller businesses; the impact on large businesses are generally … non-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we …

months of the crisis, SMEs as the backbone of Europe’s real economy benefited from large and mainly indiscriminate aid …