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Financing micro firms in Europe : an empirical analysis

Masiak, Christian; Block, Jörn; Moritz, Alexandra; … - 2017

The vast majority of firms in Europe are micro firms. Still, we know little about their financing patterns. Our paper aims to close this gap. Based on a large European firm-level data set, we find that micro firms differ in their financing patterns from small and medium-sized companies. Our...

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Financing patterns of European SMEs : an empirical taxonomy

Moritz, Alexandra; Block, Jörn; Heinz, Andreas - 2015

This EIF Working Paper takes a holistic approach to investigate SME financing patterns in Europe by performing a … cluster analysis including 12,726 SMEs in 28 European countries. The results reveal that SME financing in Europe is not … homogenous but that different financing patterns exist. The cluster analysis identifies six distinct SME financing types: mixed …

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Business angels in Germany : EIF's initiative to support the non-institutional financing market

Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Schillo, Markus - 2011

Business Angels (BAs) are an important financing source for SMEs, and seed and start-up companies in particular. BAs are even more important in countries and regions lacking an institutionalised VC infrastructure, often being the only major source of equity finance for young innovative SMEs. An...

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