certain level of profitability, this determinant positively impacts SME growth. Productivity influences positively the firm … profitability and labour productivity for firm growth. For policymakers, the results suggest the need for favourable conditions for … SMEs in accessing external finance. Originality/value Profitability negatively impacts on SME growth. However, the authors …

; however, the impact of bank profitability on economic growth is still unclear. We investigate the link between bank … of bank profitability on economic growth is more prominent in small banking sectors. Perhaps surprisingly, we found that … the bank size has a negative impact on GDP growth, with the influence of bank profitability on economic growth reducing as …