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The Growth and Human Capital Structure of New Firms Over the Business Cycle
Brixy, Udo - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977873
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The growth and human capital structure of new firms over the business cycle
Brixy, Udo; Murmann, Martin - 2016
Recent research suggests that employment in young firms is more negatively impacted during economic downturns than employment in incumbent firms. This questions the effectiveness of policies that promote entrepreneurship to fight crises. We complement prior research that is mostly based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567399
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Financial Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis
Nketsiah, Isaac - 2017
relevant financial management practices can affect its performance. This study examines financial management practices and … their relationship with performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The financial … performance. The results show that receivable management, cash management, inventory management and asset management practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012962438
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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
improve the existing one. Though the direct effect of entrepreneurs' competence on the performance of MSMEs was relatively … mediating effect of the competence of entrepreneurs on the relationship between bank finance and performance of MSMEs and bridge … not significant. However, bank finance has a significant positive effect on the performance of MSMEs. Moreover, the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307934
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Financing Constraints, Home Equity and Selection into Entrepreneurship
Jensen, Thais Laerkholm; Leth‐Petersen, Søren; … - 2021
We exploit a mortgage reform that differentially unlocked home equity across the Danish population and study how this impacted selection into entrepreneurship. We find that increased entry was concentrated among entrepreneurs whose firms were founded in industries where they had no prior work...
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Gendered access to finance : the role of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2023
We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet constraints for women are particularly pronounced. We structurally unpack whether loan officers evaluate business ideas and implementation constraints differently for male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477359
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Gendered access to finance : the role of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2023
We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet constraints for women are particularly pronounced. We structurally unpack whether loan officers evaluate business ideas and implementation constraints differently for male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014388597
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Gendered access to finance : the roles of team formation, idea quality, and implementation constraints in business evaluations
Bartoš, Vojtěch; Castro, Silvia; Czura, Kristina; … - 2024
We analyze gender bias in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success, yet women are particularly constrained. We structurally unpack whether loan officers evaluate business ideas and implementation constraints differently for male and female entrepreneurs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014578559
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The Corporation in Finance
Rajan, Raghuram G. - 2012
The nature of the firm and its financing are closely interlinked. To produce significant net present value, an entrepreneur has to transform her enterprise into one that is differentiated from the ordinary. To achieve the control that will allow her to execute this strategy, she needs to have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112506
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Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework
Torre, Augusto de la; Martínez Pería, María Soledad; … - 2009
foster SME lending and attention has focused on improving the institutional environment, such that the financial system is … more willing to lend to SMEs. In this paper, we directly ask banks (the main providers of SME external finance) what … and retail sectors. They perceive the SME market as highly profitable, large, and with good prospects. Moreover, banks are …
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