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During the past decades, firms from emerging economies have significantly increased the amount of financing obtained in capital markets. Whereas the literature argues that international markets have been an important contributor to this process, the role of domestic markets is mostly unknown. By...
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"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …
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interested in serving SMEs, small and niche banks have an advantage in doing so because they can overcome SME opaqueness through … relationship lending. This paper shows that there is a gap between this view and what banks actually do. Banks perceive SMEs as a … core and strategic business and seem well positioned to expand their links with SMEs. The recent intensification of bank …
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more willing to lend to SMEs. In this paper, we directly ask banks (the main providers of SME external finance) what …Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are important for employment and economic activity; however, they are perceived to … foster SME lending and attention has focused on improving the institutional environment, such that the financial system is …
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"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …
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This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs … business, SMEs have become a strategic segment for most banks in both countries. In particular, banks have begun to target SMEs … due to the significant competition in the corporate and retail sectors. They perceive the SMEs market as highly profitable …
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interested in serving SMEs, small and niche banks have an advantage in doing so because they can overcome SME opaqueness through … relationship lending. This paper shows that there is a gap between this view and what banks actually do. Banks perceive SMEs as a … core and strategic business and seem well positioned to expand their links with SMEs. The recent intensification of bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552437