Alternative Eigenkapitalquellen gefunden. Wenig Eigenkapital oder eine ungeregelte Nachfolge verschließen oft die Tür zum klassischen Bankkredit. Der Ausweg: die Aufnahme eines institutionellen Finanzinvestors. Welche Entwicklungschancen bieten sich mittelständischen Unternehmen? Was erwartet...

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival, performance and R&D investment. This study attempts to identify determinants of provision of credit guarantees and estimate their effects on firms R&D expenditures. The...

This study examines the moderating effect of firm size on the relationship between innovation and firm performance of small and medium enterprises in 29 countries in Eastern European and Central Asia. The study also investigates whether the impact of innovation in products and processes on firm...

This paper tests whether local financial development matters for SMEs' growth performance. We develop a theoretical model framework based on banks' and firms' profit-maximizing behavior that critically hinges upon credit default risk ratio. We argue that an expansion of branch network would...