An overview of previous evidence about relationship banking to SMEs shows that multiple banking relationships prevail even at small firms, but there is hardly evidence on the number of banking relationships held by micro firms. To close this gap, we use data from a survey conducted among...

Der folgende Bericht fasst die Ergebnisse einer mündlichen Befragung von Freiberuflern in Rostock, Bad Doberan und Güstrow zum Thema der Nutzung klassischer und elektronischer Vertriebswege von Bankdienstleistungen zusammen. Ziel war, Entscheidungen von kleinen Unternehmen - speziell der...

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank-based financial system of Germany. So far, they have been mainly described by the notion of a housebank and transactional features of long-term bank-customer relationships. In...

Strong lending relationships between banks and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a key role in the bank-based financial system of Germany. So far, they have been mainly described by the notion of an housebank and transactional features of long-term bank-customer relationships. The...