Purpose: The main objective of this paper is to suggest an integrated approach of assessing the level of financial literacy of MSMEs, combining quantitative data derived by the use of the OECD/INFE (2019) questionnaire, and qualitative data via designing focus groups to discuss the survey...

In this paper I investigate the level of access of the opaque micro and small firms to finance. The objective of the paper is threefold: first to analyze how small and micro firms finance themselves, second to investigate what their financing preferences are and third to explore their opinions...

The subject of the capital structure decision of firms has been thoroughly studied both theoretically and empirically. This paper adds to the existing literature by examining a number of hypotheses relating to the capital structure decision in relation to the firms' size, namely by...

Using a unique database of survey respondents on crowdinvesting, we explore users' perceptions of motivations and risks of crowdfunding with financial returns (equity crowdfunding and p2p lending). Specifically, our sample consists of respondents on a crowdinvesting survey from Germany, Spain...

In this paper we investigate the capital structure determinants of Greek, French, Italian and Portuguese small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We compare the capital structure of SMEs across countries and consider if differences in country characteristics such as financial development and...