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Leveraging SME finance through value chains in Kazakhstan
Kapparov, Kassymkhan - 2019
One of the major issues for SME development has been access to finance. This paper examines the current state of SME development and financing in Kazakhstan. It also examines the current state of the development of value chains and discusses barriers for agriculture value chain financing. The...
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Scaling Up Is Hard To Do : Financing Canadian Small Firms
Nitani, Miwako; Nusrat, Aurin Shaila - 2023
Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an out-sized role in generating jobs and promoting economic … raising debt or attracting equity investments.Despite Canada’s healthy supply of debt financing, access to financing appears … which is evident in Canada.The authors recommend a number of policy actions. For young and high growth firms, the federal …
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Is Venture Capital the Source of Financing for Micro-Enterprises?
Prohorovs, Anatolijs - 2015
The current article examines the issue of financing the micro-enterprises of Latvia by venture capital funds. It considers the number of applications submitted by enterprises to venture capital funds, the number of investments and the amount of the financing granted to enterprises in general and...
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Case study on crowdfunding
Robano, Virginia - 2018
The present report is a case study on crowdfunding as a finance instrument for SMEs and entrepreneurs. The report aims to examine the characteristics, diffusion and uptake by new firms and existing SMEs, assessing its effectiveness in supporting innovative or potentially high-growth firms to...
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External financing and firm growth : evidence from Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Iran
Cheratian, Iman; Goltabar, Saleh; Fereidouni, Hassan … - 2023
This study examines the relationship between access to finance and growth in sales for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Iran. Using data from 486 firms in five provinces, our findings indicate that external financing positively impacts sales growth for MSMEs. The results suggest...
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Access to funds : how could CMU support SME financing?
Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Lang, Frank - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 86 (2017) 1, pp. 95-110
Many policy actions of the CMU have the objective to enhance access to finance for the so-called backbone of the European economy-the SMEs. The CMU aims at improving the framework conditions for SME financing, at strengthening bank lending-as the most important external financing source for...
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Evolution of the Venture Capital Financing for Growing Small and Medium Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe Countries : The Case of Macedonia
Mrsik, Jadranka - 2012
The objective of this paper is to examine and analyze the differences between Venture Capital development in Macedonia and several Central and Eastern Europe countries, to determine the reasons, and hence extract certain conclusions that will serve as a guideline in Macedonia's venture capital...
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The Impact of Microcredit on Women-owned Small and Medium Enterprises : Evidence from Kenya
Osa Ouma, Clemencia - 2014
Microcredit is a crucial tool for economic empowerment of women. In Kenya, the microcredit industry has supported more than 3 million small and medium enterprises for close to 30 years. Kenya Women Finance Trust is a leading microcredit institution dealing exclusively with financing needs of...
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Are CEE states successful as venture capitalists?
Karsai, Judit - 2015
The entire venture capital sector of Central and Eastern Europe is characterised by the increased weight of state resources. The strengthening of public activities is mainly due to the new type of equity schemes introduced in the European Union's 2007 to 2013 programming period, which allowed...
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Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship : India's informal sector firms
Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal - 2020
How does informal economic activity respond to increased financial inclusion? Does it become more entrepreneurial? Does access to new financing options change the gender configuration of informal economic activity and, if so, in what ways and what directions? We take advantage of nationwide data...
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