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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their growth stage reach the point where, on the one hand, personal …, the development of a sound credit guarantee scheme will be an important step in filling the financing gap of SMEs. We … investigate the situation of the credit guarantee scheme for SMEs in Iran by using the available data and interviews with …
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deprived of direct access to public funding through capital markets. Now, SMEs are allowed to raise funds in the equity market … listed. The listing of SMEs will help this sector to raise funds, enabling expansion, growth, and to achieve its objectives …
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serve to fulfill the external funding needs of SMEs, namely government schemes dedicated to enterprise financing …
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Self-financing has often been seen as an important source for research-and-development (R&D) funding. However, an in-depth comparison between the determinants of self-financing in the case of traditional investments versus those in R&D has not been provided yet. We use a comprehensive data set...
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information on almost 6000 German SMEs from a company survey. Using the intensity of banking competition at the district level as …
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Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …
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This study tests for financial constraints on Ramp;D investment and how they differ from capital investment. To identify constraints in the access to external capital, we employ a credit rating index. Our models show that internal constraints, measured by mark-ups, are more decisive for Ramp;D...
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In this paper, we examine the relation between small and medium-sized (SMEs) capacity to access external capital and … innovation in Vietnam. We find that SMEs with a high debt ratio tend to be more innovative. After controlling for several firm … and loans from family and friends help SMEs innovate, especially in developing new products or technologies. Overall, our …
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We analyze the impact of firm's asset uniqueness and its growth opportunities on the leasing decisions of U.S. startups. To test our hypotheses, we use a unique dataset provided by the Kauffman Foundation. Our results show that startups in the high-technology sector have a lower propensity to...
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Self-financing has often been seen as an important source for research-and-development (R&D) funding. However, an in-depth comparison between the determinants of self-financing in the case of traditional investments versus those in R&D has not been provided yet. We use a comprehensive data set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013090276