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...

During the 20th century all economic structures underwent the impact of two epochal phenomena, the communications revolution and the financialization of economy. As a consequence of the never ending technological progress, the first has repeatedly reduced the friction of distance, provoking a...