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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in the CAREC landlocked economies : the case of the Kyrgyz Republic
Tilekeyev, Kanat - 2019
The paper discusses state, regulative framework, and recent developments in leveraging access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Kyrgyz Republic through global value chain (GVC) examples in the Kyrgyz Republic. Access to finance in the Kyrgyz Republic is...
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Barriers in financing microenterprises from the perspective of Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs
Civelek, Mehmet; Ključnikov, Aleksandr; Krištofík, Peter - In: Journal of business economics and management 20 (2019) 2, pp. 224-267
This paper compares how Czech and Slovak microentrepreneurs perceive the volume and ease of access to finance that they face. Having an adequate number of sources of finance and easier access to them can help improve both enterprise and country performance. Chi-square and Z score tests for...
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Information technology in banking and entrepreneurship
Ahnert, Toni; Dörr, Sebastian; Pierri, Nicola; Timmer, … - 2024
We study the importance of information technology (IT) in banking for entrepreneurship. Guided by a parsimonious model …. We present evidence consistent with banks’ IT adoption spurring entrepreneurship through a collateral channel …: entrepreneurship increases by more in IT-exposed counties when house prices rise. Further analysis suggests that IT improves banks …
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Financing high-potential entrepreneurship : government should create an enabling environment-for entrepreneurs and investors-rather than try to pick "winners"
Nanda, Ramana - 2016
Entrepreneurship is essential to job creation and to productivity growth and therefore is an important matter for …
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The mediating effect of entrepreneurs' competency on the relationship between bank finance and performance of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
Esubalew, Amare Abawa; Raghurama, A. - In: European research on management and business economics 26 (2020) 2, pp. 87-95
Entrepreneurial competencies are capabilities that the business mind people possess to create a new business idea or improve the existing one. Though the direct effect of entrepreneurs' competence on the performance of MSMEs was relatively researched, its mediating effect was not studied well....
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The effect of personal financing disruptions on entrepreneurship
Hanspal, Tobin - 2016
I show that disruptions to personal sources of financing, aside from commercial lending supply shocks, impair the survival and growth of small businesses. Entrepreneurs holding deposit accounts at retail banking institutions that defaulted following the financial crisis reduce personal borrowing...
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms' sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female entrepreneurs...
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Enterprising women in Southern Africa : when does land ownership matter?
Brixiova, Zuzana; Kangoye, Thierry; Tregenna, Fiona - 2020
Limited access to finance is one of the major barriers for women entrepreneurs in Africa. This paper presents a model of start-ups in which firms’ sales and profits depend on their productivity and access to credit. However, due to the lack of collateral assets such as land, female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156958
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Entrepreneurship in SME segment : case study from the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Belás, Jaroslav; Bilan, Yuriy; Demjan, Valér; Sipko, Juraj - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 17 (2015) 38, pp. 308-326
Definition and comparison of the current business environment of the Czech and Slovakian SMEs in the selected regions are the main objectives of the article. In accordance with this objective motivational factors, status in the society, relationship to the state, level of the corruption,...
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The Effects of the Qualified Small Business Stock Exemption on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Chen, Jun; Farre-Mensa, Joan - 2023
for the exemption relative to non-eligible industries. We show that the exemption's effect on entrepreneurship is … higher degree. These findings suggest that the QSBS exemption spurred entrepreneurship by increasing prospective …
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