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Access to finance for innovative SMEs since the financial crisis
Lee, Neil; Sameen, Hiba; Cowling, Marc - In: Research Policy 44 (2015) 2, pp. 370-380
SME employers. We find that innovative firms are more likely to be turned down for finance than other firms, and this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011193845
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Who needs credit and who gets credit? Evidence from the Surveys of Small Business Finances
Cole, Rebel A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this study, we use data from the Federal Reserve’s 1993, 1998 and 2003 Surveys of Small Business Finances to classify small businesses into four groups based upon their credit needs and to model the credit allocation process into a sequence of three steps. First, do firms need credit? We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615019
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Banks versus venture capital when the venture capitalist values private benefits of control
Inci, Eren; Barlo, Mehmet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
If control of their firms allows entrepreneurs to derive private benefits, it also allows other controlling parties. Private benefits are especially relevant for venture capitalists, who typically get considerable control in their portfolio firms, but not for banks, which are passive loan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674267
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Bank Financing of Start-ups – Findings from a survey
Bjuggren, Per-Olof; Elmoznino Laufer, Michel - Ratioinstitutet - 2014
In the paper we look at the bank lending routines of Swedish banks and their consequences for <p> external financing of start-ups. Results from a questionnaire sent out to start-ups listed in the files of the Swedish interest organization “NyföretagarCentrum” were used. We looked at firms...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011096117
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Nanotechnology and business opportunities: scenarios as awareness instrument
Knol, Erik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
For a few years now, nanotechnology has been recognised as a promising new growth innovator. This leads to a shift from the exploration of nanotechnology knowledge towards a phase of exploitation. The coming years this commercialisation of nanotechnology will be extended. Nanotechnology is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644774
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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey … productive. In Nigeria, we find evidence for spatial autocorrelation at the individual enterprise level but not at the community … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791524
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Productive and cognitive innovation strategy:African framework design
Nwaobi, Godwin C - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Since the mid 1900’s, economist have come to recognize the role of innovative activity in firms productivity growth, particularly in the competitive market economies. However, the most conducive market environment for innovative activity has also become a subject of interest. Thus, a major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876897
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Sources of Firm Life-Cycle Dynamics: Differentiating Size vs. Age Effects
Kueng, Lorenz; Yang, Mu-Jeung; Hong, Bryan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
What determines firm growth over the life-cycle? Exploiting unique firm panel data on internal organization, balance sheets and innovation, representative of the entire Canadian economy, we study recent theories that examine life-cycle patterns for firm growth. These theories include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951103
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Globalization tendencies in the Czech SME'S - Historical Approach (1997-2004)
Šebestová, Jarmila - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The main purpose of this paper is to present historical development of SME’s in the Czech Republic between years 1997 …-2004. It covers sections about changing strategy approach to prepare SME’s to EU entry and nearly two years in the European … Union. The Czech economy made big changes especially in SME field, because before year 1989 in the state managed economy …
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Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: An econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data
Stephen, Roper; Jonathan M., Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Although accessing finance is key to the foundation of any business, particular concerns have been expressed about the ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance. In this paper we use an econometric approach to explore the effect of perceptions of financial barriers to start-up...
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