Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank … long-term bank-customer relationships. The present paper takes a new look by considering also interactional variables which …

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank … long-term bank-customer relationships. In contrast, the present paper also considers interactional variables which try to … measure social relations between loan officer and firm manager. Using bank survey data, the relationship and interaction …