SMEs play an important role in the economic development of Mozambique. Access to finance is important for the growth of SMEs. Thus, the purpose of the study was to establish the factors that influence access to finance by SMEs. The factors that were addressed included structure of financial...

This paper uses survey data for 29,000 households from 29 transition economies to explore how the use of banking services is related to household characteristics, bank ownership structure and the development of the financial infrastructure. At the household level we find that the holding of a...

Financial development plays an important role in the structure of the trade balance and promoting economic development. Trade literature suggests that differences in economies' endowments of labour, land, physical capital and technology explain the dynamics and patterns of international trade...

This study illustrates how information from micro-level and survey-based databases can be used, along with macroeconomic indicators, to provide a better understanding of corporates' investment obstacles. We investigate impediments to corporate investment across the EU. We use a novel dataset...

This paper explores the determinants of access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the context of three Central European countries: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, and Hungary. The data set of the research is obtained from the BEEPS survey, which is conducted by the World Bank...

We analyze the link between firms' access to finance and their decisions to enter and exit the export market. We employ the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) conducted in 2005 and 2008-2009 to 28 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. We find that more...

Using World Bank ICS data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper identifiesinnovation strategies of firms - in particular internal technology creation (make) and externaltechnology acquisition (buy)- and their effect on successful process and product innovations.It also explores the...

Magistro darbe yra suformuluotos mažų ir vidutinių įmonių finansavimo galimybės. Atlikta MVĮ finansavimo garantijų ekonominė analizė, išanalizuotos MVĮ taikomų finansavimo galimybių priemonės recesijos sąlygomis, įvertintos MVĮ verslo finansavimo galimybių teikimo sąlygos....

Magistro baigiamajame darbe išanalizuotas bei įvertintas verslo finansavimo reikšmingumas, finansavimo prieinamumą sąlygojantys veiksniai, iškeltos SVV finansavimo prieinamumo kliūtys bei pateikti pasiūlymai, kaip šias problemas spręsti. Pirmoje dalyje teoriškai pateikiama verslo,...

Este documento muestra cómo se puede utilizar la información obtenida de bases de datos a nivel individual y de encuestas, junto con indicadores macroeconómicos, para mejorar la comprensión de los obstáculos a la inversión a los que las empresas de la UE se enfrentan. Para ello, utilizamos...