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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in India : sources and challenges
Singh, Charan; Wasdani, Kishinchand Poornima - 2016
Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and government organizations. The key objective of the study was to identify various challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during...
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Leveraging small and medium-sized enterprise finance through value chains in Georgia
Khishtovani, Giorgi; Saghareishvili, Mariam; Basilidze, … - 2019
A strong small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector can contribute much to a country's economy by fostering … innovation, creating jobs, and reducing poverty. This paper examines the status of SME finance in Georgia and the involvement of … Georgian SMEs in global value chains. The role of SMEs in Georgia's economy, SME funding, and the status of financial inclusion …
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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies : the case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Tilekeyev, Kanat - 2019
SME sector in the Kyrgyz Republic as well as the sector of individual entrepreneurs and peasant farmers. Four selected … gaps for the SME sector in building resilient global value chain supplies. …
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Trade, global value chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand : a firm-level panel analysis
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat - 2020
SME is associated with a lower degree of GVC participation, but GVC participation can help firms (both SMEs and large …
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Determinants of export performance of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic
Karymshakov, Kamalbek - 2020
Increased participation in global value chains is firmly related to the engagement of local producers in international markets through increasing sales in these markets. This study aims to examine factors affecting export performance of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic. Empirical estimations based on...
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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies
Boojoo, Lakshmi - 2019
This paper analyzes the situation of SMEs in Mongolia, especially their financial situation and financing mechanisms, the business environment, the existing policies, and value chain analysis, and makes suggestions for enhancing their development. Value chains that have their potential developed...
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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in Tajikistan
Mirzoev, Shuhrat; Sobirzoda, Ravshan - 2019
economic downturn. The SME sector is small but steadily growing in terms of value addition and share of total employment …
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Young enterprises and bank credit denials
Mascia, Danilo V. - 2018
By employing a sample of 20,956 observations of non-financial SMEs headquartered in the Euro area, between 2009 and 2015, we test whether young businesses are more likely to face credit rejections from lenders than their older peers. Our findings appear to confirm our suspicions that new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845249
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Leveraging Islamic banking and finance for small businesses : exploring the conceptual and practical dimensions
Mohamed Asmy Bin Mohammad Thas Thaker; Hassanudin Bin … - 2020
Small businesses are considered one of the sources of innovation, productivity and dynamism in many countries. Thus, to translate innovative ideas into sustainable businesses, access to capital becomes a part and parcel of their business lifecycle. Despite their potential importance for economic...
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Small firms, human capital, and productivity in Asia
Vandenberg, Paul; Trinh, Long Q. - 2016
The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training programs of enterprises. Differences between small,...
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