Over the past years crowdfunding emerged as an alternative funding channel for entrepreneurs. In contrast to traditional financiers (banks, venture capital firms or angel investors), crowdfunding allows individuals to fund entrepreneurs directly even with small amounts. We received...

This article summarises the results of a survey on the financing of smaller quoted companies (SQCs)conducted in February and March 2004 and builds on earlier work by the Bank and other organisations. It explores SQCs' recent and possible future use of external finance, their views on the...

In this study hypotheses were tested regarding the impact of relationship on access to bank financing for micro enterprises. The empirical analysis was conducted using data collected from the banks of Bangladesh and micro enterprises operating in Bangladesh. The empirical results suggest that...