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SME finance in Europe : introduction and overview
Wagenvoort, Rien - In: EIB papers 8 (2003) 2, pp. 11-20
Introducing the topic of SME finance and summarising the main findings of the contributions to this edition of the EIB … Papers, this overview stresses the importance of relationship banking for the supply of SME credit; points out the … little evidence of widespread SME credit rationing, financial market imperfections may nevertheless curb SME growth; and …
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Are finance constraints hindering the growth of SMEs in Europe?
Wagenvoort, Rien - In: EIB papers 8 (2003) 2, pp. 23-50
This paper examines whether small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe suffer from a structural financing problem that hinders their growth. To this end, we estimate growth-cashflow sensitivities for firms in different size classes. Our results show that the sensitivity of company growth...
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SME finance in Europe : introduction and overview
Wagenvoort, Rien - In: EIB papers 8 (2003) 2, pp. 11-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001778316
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Are finance constraints hindering the growth of SMEs in Europe?
Wagenvoort, Rien - In: EIB papers 8 (2003) 2, pp. 23-50
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The financing of small and medium-sized enterprises
2003
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The role of patents and licenses in securing external finance for innovation
Harhoff, Dietmar - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 2, pp. 74-97
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The role of patents and licenses in securing external finance for innovation
Harhoff, Dietmar - In: EIB papers 14 (2009) 2, pp. 74-97
Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and mediumsized enterprises and start-ups are particularly concerned by such impediments. Venture capital has emerged as a partial solution in some countries, but is only available for start-up firms with major...
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Debt and Equity Yields : 1926-80
Hendershott, Patric H. - 1983
The study is divided into four broad parts, beginning with an exploratory analysis of the data on expost returns on corporate equities and bonds for the 1926-80 period. In Part 2, we estimate the relationships between one-month expost returns on corporate bonds and equities andvariations in...
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R&D and the financing of innovation in Europe
Strauß, Hubert (contributor) - 2009
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Roads on a downhill? : trends in EU infrastructure investment
Välilä, Timo; Koźluk, Tomasz; Mehrotra, Aaron N. - In: EIB papers 10 (2005) 1, pp. 19-38
This paper describes long-term trends in public investment and analyses their causes and consequences. This has been undertaken separately for the EU-15 and the new member countries in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, it assesses the significance of infrastructure finance through...
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