The current article examines the issue of financing the micro-enterprises of Latvia by venture capital funds. It … of the financing granted to enterprises in general and to micro-enterprises in particular. These indicators are compared … with the indicators of micro-enterprise financing by commercial banks. The main research methodology is based on …

body of knowledge on SMEs access to finance and supplement the current literature on SME financing …

determinant for business start-up, development and growth for SMEs, including the innovative ones, and they have different needs … to provide financing. In order to improve the access to finance for SMEs, the efforts should be focused at the European …

less than employers do. They hold less debt and apply for financing at lower rates, even when controlling for revenue size … little is known about their financial lives, including their business financing needs and experiences. In this paper, we … Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia. Our results indicate that nonemployers use financing …

the degrees of financing constraints and financial intermediary as well as the stock market to represent the level of … financing constraints of R&D investment or not. Finally, the paper further investigates the interaction of financial development …. The results show that the degree of financing constraint is negatively correlated with R&D investment. Both the …

puzzle of venture debt by revealing that a start-up's VC backing and intellectual property substitute for traditional loan …Venture debt, or loans to rapid-growth start-ups, is a puzzle. How are start-ups with no track records, positive cash …? And why do start-ups take on debt rather than rely exclusively on equity investments from angel investors and venture …

degree of constraint, conditional on the need for financing. We find that firm size, the current-debt-to-asset ratio and cash … financing using a data set of small- and medium-sized Canadian firms. Our measure separates the need for financing from the … flow are robust indicators that can be used as a proxy for financial constraint. The total debt-to-asset ratio is not …

facing financing obstacles. Our results indicate that, though based on few variables, this measure appears to be relevant in … faced by firms, such as cash flow (debt burden) are found to exert a positive (negative) impact on firm growth, while the … results for leverage are less clear-cut. -- Financing constraints ; firm growth, panel data …

source of their external financing. The relationship between the study variables examined using dynamic panel data analysis …