We examined the extent to which SMEs financing influenced economic growth in Nigeria through the use of time-series data from 1999-2018. After a literature search, other factors possessing the potential to influence the dependent variable ASGDP was added to the research model. Relying on...

We use the recent financial crisis to investigate financing constraints of private small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Belgium. We hypothesize that SMEs with a large proportion of long-term debt maturing at the start of the crisis had difficulties to renew their loans due to the...

Fundamentalmente as empresas necessitam de recursos de capital para financiar, por um lado, a sua estrutura, e por outro a sua actividade.O financiamento da actividade será a necessidade de fundo de maneio, ou seja, o valor monetário necessário para financiar o ciclo de negócio. Este valor...

This paper aims to report the results of an investigation of the relationship between working capital level, measured by the cash conversion cycle and profitability of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The paper employs panel data regression analysis on a sample of 160 Alternative Investment...

We examine a large and unique panel containing survey and financial statement data on small and medium sized private enterprises (SMEs) in Germany from 1991 to 2011. From the survey data, we derive a financial constraints measure based on managers' self-perception. We find that our measure...

In this paper, we examine the relation between small and medium-sized (SMEs) capacity to access external capital and innovation in Vietnam. We find that SMEs with a high debt ratio tend to be more innovative. After controlling for several firm characteristics, long-term debt remains...