The paper aims to examine whether R&D-active companies are financially constrained based on a self-assessment approach. A second aim is to check whether a company's size has any impact on access to capital for R&D-active firms. The study is based on data collected from more than 400 enterprises...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered generators of economic growth, added value, employment and innovation worldwide. They face numerous issues, especially in the early stages of a life cycle, from available sources of financing to strategic and market challenges. Due to its...

As important part of national economy, the agri-food sector had oscillating evolutions in the post-accession period, mainly generated by the need to get in line with the EU requirements. The analysis of the resources-utilizations ratio, from the point of view of production account, reveals...