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Capital Structure Determinants of Small and Medium Capitalised Firms

Reddy, Krishna - 2017

This study investigates first, the determinants of the capital structure and second, the speed of adjustment of capital structure of small and medium capitalised firms in Europe before and during the sovereign debt crisis period. The sample includes 306 firms from 10 European countries...

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Market Building and the Capital Markets Union : Addressing Information Barriers in the SME Funding Market

Schammo, Pierre - 2017

examines the Commission's strategy for overcoming information barriers to SME investment. By acting in this area, the …

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Rate Ceilings and the Distribution of Small Dollar Loans from Consumer Finance Companies : Results of a New Survey of Small Dollar Cash Lenders

Durkin, Thomas A. - 2014

Research conducted many years ago that indicated substantial cost economies of loan size in consumer lending. This finding implies that low interest rate ceilings make small loan sizes unprofitable and will not be available in the marketplace. Furthermore, research indicates that demanders of...

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New Financial Tools for Small Businesses : A Commitment Mechanism to Secure Funding

Biger, Nahum - 2016

We suggest new tools for financing small business newcomers that struggle to overcome bank's unwillingness to finance their operations. Prospective clients fear that the supplier may choose willful litigation by breaching the contract in case of potential operating loss in order to postpone his...

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The Impact of Finance on the Performance of Thai Manufacturing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Amornkitvikai, Yot - 2016

This study sheds light on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financing and its performance in Thailand. It … elaborates on the key sources of finance existing for Thai manufacturing SMEs and their importance for SME performance as … enhancing SME access to external finance. Our results confirm that retained earnings are crucial to increase SME technical …

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Cyclicality of SME Lending and Government Involvement in Banks

Behr, Patrick - 2016

on financial stability and the real economy. We investigate the cyclicality of SME lending by local banks with vs …

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Bank Credit and Trade Credit : Evidence from SMEs Over the Financial Crisis

McGuinness, Gerard - 2016

This paper uses panel data to test the extent to which trade credit has acted as a substitute for bank finance in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs), in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008. It demonstrates that the reduction in the supply of funds to SMEs was compounded by the...

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Crowdfunding – Could it Become a Viable Option for Hungarian Small Businesses?

Bethlendi, András - 2016

ideas. Crowdfunding is a potential source of finance for the SME sector, in particular, for start-ups. Although crowdfunding …

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Countries Lending Infrastructure and Capital Structure Determination : The case of European SMEs

McNamara, Andrea - 2016

, judicial, bankruptcy, social, tax and regulatory environments. We find that SME debt is higher in countries with more efficient …

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The behavioural dimension of SME's owner on affecting the financial decisions

Raharja, Bayu Sindhu; Bachtiar, Nia Kurniati; Muhammad … - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 23 (2022) 1, pp. 60-69

This research seeks the effect of behavioural and non-behavioural factors of SME's owners and their business … effect of behavioural aspects of SME's owners on the financing decisions, which is, instead of having significant enforcement …

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