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...

Based on hand-collected information on private companies listed in the Chinese SME stock market, this paper studies how family involvement and political connection affect firms' IPO underpricing. Especially, we investigate how underpricing varies with higher- and ordinary level political...

Using internal data of a leasing company in Germany, we examine the determinants of the probability and use of leasing by small firms. We find that small and young firms are likely to be constrained on the leasing market but use leasing to increase their debt capacity. Beyond contract- and...

This paper examines the effect of innovation on performance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Using panel data from SMEs in Vietnam, we show that SMEs with innovation tend to perform better than SMEs without innovation. We further show that the positive effect of innovation on firm...

This paper examines the impact of managerial entrenchment on financial flexibility, and financial leverage decisions of small public firms compared to medium and large firms based on market capitalization quartiles. E-index is a proxy for managerial entrenchment, and excess cash is a proxy for...

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...