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Microeconometric evidence of financing frictions and innovative activity
Tiwari, Amaresh K.; Mohnen, Pierre A.; Palm, Franz C.; … - 2014
Using Dutch data we empirically investigate how financing and innovation vary across firm characteristics. We find that … when firms face financial constraints, debt financing and innovation choices are not independent of firm characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010249680
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Euro area SMEs under financial constraints : belief or reality?
Artola, Concha; Genre, Véronique - 2011
reporting acute problems of access to external finance. Using firm-level replies to the SME survey on access to finance, we use …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009380414
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2009
foster SME lending and attention has focused on improving the institutional environment, such that the financial system is … more willing to lend to SMEs. In this paper, we directly ask banks (the main providers of SME external finance) what … and retail sectors. They perceive the SME market as highly profitable, large, and with good prospects. Moreover, banks are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850504
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Gendered access to finance : the roles of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2024
We analyze gender bias in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet women are particularly constrained. We structurally unpack whether loan officers evaluate business ideas and implementation constraints differently for male and female entrepreneurs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578559
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Gendered access to finance : the role of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2023
We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet constraints for women are particularly pronounced. We structurally unpack whether loan officers evaluate business ideas and implementation constraints differently for male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388597
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European funds and green public procurement
Nicolas, Ruben; Titl, Vitezslav; Schotanus, Fredo - 2024
The European Commission co-funds public projects through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) to stimulate the sustainable economic development of EU Member States. The ESIF budget is about 90 billion euros annually and ESIF beneficiaries are explicitly encouraged to increase...
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Discrimination in dynamic procurement design with learning-by-doing
Barbosa, Klenio; Boyer, Pierre C. - 2012
Discriminatory programs that favor local and small firms in government procurement are common in many countries. This paper studies the long-run impact of procurement discrimination on market structure and future competition in industries where learning-by-doing makes incumbent firms more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009630098
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Local capital scarcity and small firm growth : evidence from real estate booms in China
Hau, Harald; Ouyang, Difei - 2019
In geographically segmented credit markets, local real estate booms can deteriorate the funding conditions for small manufacturing firms and undermine their competitiveness. Using exogenous variation in the administrative land supply across 172 Chinese cities, we show that higher predicted real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120233
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The role of public procurement as innovation lever : evidence from Italian manufacturing firms
Caravella, Serenella; Crespi, Francesco - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 30 (2021) 7, pp. 663-684
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Relationship lending and innovation : empirical evidence on a sample of European firms
Cosci, Stefania; Meliciani, Valentina; Sabato, Valentina - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 25 (2016) 3/4, pp. 335-357
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