Der Bericht handelt von den Finanzproblemen kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen im industriellen Bereich in den neuen Bundesländern. Dabei war von besonderem Interesse, welche Finanzierungsprobleme vorkommen und worin ihre Ursachen liegen. Weitere Schwerpunkte sind die Eigenkapitalausstattung der...

This book introduces corporate financial management, based on the basic capital budgeting framework and the time value of money. It focuses on theoretical formulations and correct application of financial techniques that will help improve managerial and financial decisions. Based on fundamental...

Working capital management almost always determines the ability of a firm to earn profit. Efficiency with which a firm handles working capital ensures prosperity while neglect would spell danger for the very survival of the firm. The study focuses on the impact of working capital management on...

Neben den Fragen zur aktuellen Geschäftslage und den Geschäftserwartungen für die kommenden sechs Monate – aus denen das ifo Geschäftsklima resultiert – erhebt das ifo Institut in seinem monatlich durchgeführten ifo Konjunkturtest auch eine Einschätzung der Unternehmen zum...

Private Equity und Venture Capital spielen eine wichtige Rolle im Strukturwandel moderner Volkswirtschaften. Als Elemente eines funktionsfähigen Risikokapitalmarktes bieten sie nicht nur die Möglichkeit für einen gezielten Lückenschluss im Finanzierungssystem, sondern entfalten ihr größtes...

This paper develops a theoretical model in which firms may choose multiple banking relationships to reduce the risk that financing will be denied by ‘relationship banks’ should the latter experience liquidity problems and refuse to roll over lines of credit. The inability to refinance from...

Using firm-level data, we provide evidence that, although monetary policy affects real investment, the effect operates differentially: the greater its export intensity the less a firm is affected by tight money. We examine several interpretations and conclude that the impact is transmitted...

In this paper, we analyze whether incoming foreign investment in China plays an important role in alleviating domestic firms' credit constraints. Access to external finance is a crucial determinant of business expansion. Using firm-level data on 2,200 domestic companies for the period 1999-2002,...

The aim of this paper is to analyze whether some of the empirical implications of the Berger and Udell's (1998) financial growth cycle hold. We use a sample of 22.842 observations for year 2003 and test several hypothesis through MANOVA analysis. Results show that companies tend to have...