In this paper I investigate the level of access of the opaque micro and small firms to finance. The objective of the paper is threefold: first to analyze how small and micro firms finance themselves, second to investigate what their financing preferences are and third to explore their opinions...

The subject of the capital structure decision of firms has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and empirically. This paper adds to the existing literature by examining a number of hypotheses relating to the capital structure decision in relation to the firms' size, namely by...

Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to suggest an integrated approach of assessing the level of financial literacy of MSMEs, combining quantitative data derived by the use of the OECD/INFE (2019) questionnaire, and qualitative data via designing focus groups to discuss the survey...

The objective of this paper was to explore whether and how the main capital structure determinants of SMEs affected capital structure determination in different ways during the years of economic crisis. We used panel data of 8,052 SMEs operating in Greece during 2009-2012. We found that the...