-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with … guarantees a portion (ratio) of a loan provided by a bank to an SME. This research provides a theoretical model and an empirical … minimizing the bank's nonperforming loans to SMEs, and at the same time fulfill the government policies for supporting SMEs. Our …

demographic groups in income surveys from six middle- and high-income countries across Asia: the People’s Republic of China (PRC …Substantial evidence exists that economic inequality in Asia has been growing, but the dimensions of this inequality …) (2002); India (2004); Japan (2008); Republic of Korea (2006); the Russian Federation (2004, 2007, and 2010); and Taipei,China …

bank-dominated financial systems in Asia, banks are the main source of financing for SMEs. For financial institutions, it …

as Thailand with a view to them being implemented in the rest of Asia. …

of 1,363 SMEs in Asia. If used by the financial institutions, this comprehensive and efficient method could enable banks … and other lending agencies around the world, and especially in Asia, to group SME customers based on financial health …

, which hinder their growth. As most Asian countries are bank-dominant economies, capital market financing is not a realistic … option for SMEs. Therefore, we need to look for solutions that make the bank lending to SMEs easier. This study will …

two measures of financial stability - the bank Z-score and the nonperforming loan ratio - for a sample of 212 banks in 19 …