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The debt structure of SMEs : an optimization model
Moro, Andrea; Lucas, Mike R.; Grimm, Uwe G. - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 16 (2012) 1, pp. 87-108
trust that bank managers and suppliers have in the SME, the more short-term finance an SME can obtain and should use. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345097
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To what extent do regional effects influence firms' capital structure? : the case of Southern Italian SMEs'
Butzbach, Olivier; Sarno, Domenico - In: International Journal of Financial Studies : open … 7 (2019) 1/3, pp. 1-24
There is tremendous interest, in the economic literature, for the determinants of firms’ capital structure decisions. A rich body of empirical works now exists that purports to identify firm- and country-level factors affecting firms’ financing patterns. In addition, more recently, a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964118
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The impact of exporting on SME capital structure and debt maturity choices
Maes, Elisabeth; Dewaelheyns, Nico; Fuss, Catherine; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011635065
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Comparative study of the relevance of equity financing in European SMEs
Wieczorek-Kosmala, Monika; Błach, Joanna; Trzęsiok, Joanna - In: Journal of business economics and management 21 (2020) 6, pp. 1543-1560
This paper contributes to the academic debate on the pecking order theory and SMEs equity financing, in this equity financing gap. In order to address this problem, this study relies on the empirical design that is driven by the premises of the pecking order theory and distinguishes between the...
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Impact of selected characteristics of SMEs on the capital structure
Belás, Jaroslav; Gavurova, Beata; Tóth, Peter - In: Journal of business economics and management 19 (2018) 4, pp. 592-608
entities. Given the specificities of companies in the SME segment, achieving an optimal capital structure is a challenging task … reason, we decided to realize our research. The main aim of the paper is to identify determinants of the SME's capital … consist of all SME in the Czech Republic. We applied ordinal logistic regression and estimated five models. These models were …
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Innovation and investment funding in the post-crisis period : have financing patterns and financial constraints of German firms changed?
Schäfer, Dorothea; Stephan, Andreas - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 86 (2017) 1, pp. 129-142
. Specifically, we investigate if and how the funding patterns and financial constraints of German small and medium enterprises (SME …
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The Debt Structure of SMEs: An Optimization Model
Moro, Andrea; Lucas, Mike R.; Grimm, Uwe G. - In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance (JEF) 16 (2012) 1, pp. 87-108
trust that bank managers and suppliers have in the SME, the more short-term finance an SME can obtain and should use. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343136
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To what extent do regional effects influence firms' capital structure? The case of Southern Italian SMEs'
Butzbach, Olivier; Sarno, Domenico - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-24
There is tremendous interest, in the economic literature, for the determinants of firms' capital structure decisions. A rich body of empirical works now exists that purports to identify firm- and country-level factors affecting firms' financing patterns. In addition, more recently, a new stream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996160
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The impact of exporting on SME capital structure and debt maturity choices
Maes, Elisabeth; Dewaelheyns, Nico; Fuss, Catherine; … - 2016
-sized enterprises (SME) between 1998 and 2013, this article examines the manner in which firms manage to finance their export activities … is likely to boost SME export activities by widening access to bank financing and reducing financial constraints. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786066
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Do Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Match Their Assets and Liabilities? Evidence from Portugal
Bartholdy, Jan; Mateus, Cesario; Olson, Dennis - In: The International Journal of Business and Finance Research 6 (2012) 4, pp. 13-31
For small and medium-sized enterprises, various types of debt are not identical. There are specific costs and benefits associated with each funding source. We argue that the asset and liability sides of the balance sheet are interrelated. Specifically, we hypothesize that firms match specific...
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