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This study examines the impact of financial inclusion on economic growth using panel data of 22 sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries during the period spanning from 2012 to 2018. The study employs the system Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). Using a composite index of financial inclusion as...
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This study takes stock of the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the CAREC landlocked … includes identifying cultural, procedural, institutional and regulatory incentives, disincentives and barriers faced by SMEs to … access finance, and the reasons for the lack of such access. It also assesses opportunities of SMEs to link with both …
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analyzes the recent financial inclusion in the global scope, with special emphasis on SMEs. Its importance and meaning are …
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The study examines the determinant factors that influence financial inclusion among small and medium enterprises (SMEs … that provides affordable and sustainable financial service to SMEs. …
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enterprises (SMEs), to determine the challenges affecting small medium enterprises, to examine how financial inclusiveness … averse. The cost of capital should also be reduced to encourage borrowing while SMEs should innovatively produce goods that …
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In the current competitive scenario, the banking industry must contend with multiple challenges tied to regulations, legacy systems, disruptive models/technologies, new competitors, and a restive customer base, while simultaneously pursuing new strategies for sustainable growth. Banking...
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the TOE framework to identify the key factors that drive SMEs in Egypt to use social media in their businesses. The … highest ranked factors driving the usage of social media among SMEs in Egypt. This research has important implications for …This study aims to identify, analyse, and rank the critical factors affecting social media usage in Egyptian SMEs. This …
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The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected emerging markets of central and eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia between 1994 and 2001. Emphasis is placed on testing variables of macroeconomic and financial sector risk along...
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Starting from the Merton framework for firm defaults, we provide the analytics and robustness of the relationship between default correlations. We show that loans with higher default probabilities will not only have higher variances but also higher correlations between loans. As a consequence,...
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We study the effect of the business cycle on optimal capital structure choice and the benefit to leverage. We propose a regime switching model with a state-dependent cash flow process to capture macroeconomic risk in a firm's cash flow. Our model is parsimonious but still realistic and allows...
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