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Assessment of Factors Affecting Access to Finance by Small and Medium Enterprises : Evidence from Kitwe Zambia
Kaulu, Byrne; Simutami, Frank; Lubinda, Levy; Mwape, Josphat - 2023
The purpose of the study was to assess factors affecting access to finance by small and medium enterprises in Zambia with a focus on Kitwe based small and medium enterprises. The research was quantitative in its approach. An online questionnaire was distributed to Small and Medium Enterprises...
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Is Venture Capital the Source of Financing for Micro-Enterprises?
Prohorovs, Anatolijs - 2015
The current article examines the issue of financing the micro-enterprises of Latvia by venture capital funds. It … considers the number of applications submitted by enterprises to venture capital funds, the number of investments and the amount … questionnaires, interviews, a survey and descriptive statistics. The research results demonstrate that venture capital is not a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013026364
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The debt structure of SMEs : an optimization model
Moro, Andrea; Lucas, Mike R.; Grimm, Uwe G. - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 16 (2012) 1, pp. 87-108
The existing finance literature is inadequate with respect to its coverage of the debt structure of small and medi-um sized enterprises (SMEs). In addition, the role of trust in accessing finance for such enterprises is under-investigated. This paper presents a mathematical model for optimizing...
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Financing obstacles and growth : an analysis for euro area non-financial corporations
Coluzzi, Chiara; Ferrando, Annalisa; … - 2009
This paper investigates whether financial obstacles, and, more generally, financial pressure faced by firms, significantly affect firm growth. For this purpose, we use an unbalanced panel of about 1,000,000 observations for around 155,000 non-financial corporations in five euro area countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003826608
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Capital Structure and Financing of SMEs : Australian Evidence
Cassar, Gavin - 2011
This paper investigates the determinants of capital structure and use of financing for small and medium sized … of capital structure and financing. For asset structure the direction of the influence is reliant upon the capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134704
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
linked employer-employee data on German start-ups we show that under constant human capital of the firms' founders …
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The Growth and Human Capital Structure of New Firms Over the Business Cycle
Brixy, Udo - 2016
linked employer-employee data on German start-ups we show that under constant human capital of the firms' founders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977873
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The Financing Experiences of Nonemployer Firms : Evidence from the 2014 Joint Small Business Credit Survey
Rosoff, Stephanie - 2018
Businesses without employees—or nonemployer firms—make up the majority of small businesses in the United States, but little is known about their financial lives, including their business financing needs and experiences. In this paper, we discuss findings from data on nonemployer firms in the...
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Whether the Hybrid and Public Venture Capital Funds are the First Investors of Young Innovative Companies?
Prohorovs, Anatolijs - 2017
The paper deals with the issues of investment of hybrid and public venture capital funds. The results show that hybrid … and public venture capital funds in Latvia in most cases are the first investors. Only a smaller part of these investments … are investments of the early stages of funding. The results of our research suggest that venture capital funds with public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956826
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Financing development, financing constraint and R&D investment of strategic emerging industries in China
Xu, Ke; Geng, Chengxuan; Wei, Xiaoshu; Jiang, Huifeng - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 4, pp. 1010-1034
Taking listed companies of strategic emerging industries as the research subject, this paper uses KZ index to measure the degrees of financing constraints and financial intermediary as well as the stock market to represent the level of financial development. Then empirical models are constructed...
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