For economic support of small and mid-sized businesses amid the pandemic, some mechanisms as regards insurance contributions have been introduced: it was declared about the extension of the deadline for payments, provision of deferrals and options to pay by installments and reduced rates. We...

SMEs play an important role in the world economy and contribute substantially to income, output and employment. Reaching global markets is a dream for every. Opening new markets enables firms to increase their sales and hence enabling growth, through increased customer base. Risk is spread by...

Spanish Abstract: El objetivo de la investigación es analizar si la cooperación empresarial puede ser una opción para consolidar las pequeñas empresas metal-mecánicas del sureste del Estado de Coahuila, México. Se diseñó un cuestionario estructurado, considerando tres variables y se...

Using a unique dataset based on the Bank of Italy's organizational survey, we find that – after having controlled for bank size – loan officers' authority has a key role in explaining bank specialization in small business lending. In particular, banks that delegate more decision-making power...

A vast literature has emphasized that small banks are at a comparative advantage in small business lending. In this paper, we show that apart from size, which is negatively correlated with bank specialization in small business lending, organizational characteristics affect bank loan portfolio...

A dedicated support for SMEs through imparting information as well as addressing their concerns will not only improve prospects for SMEs, but will also contribute to greater utilization of the FTAs. While integrating into GVCs, standard compliance does not come easy due to lack of information...

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...

This paper focuses on a new concern in the small firm’s literature, namely what makes a small firm stay in business for a long time. It reflects a change in economic policy, away from an emphasis on volume of start-ups to an emphasis on quality of start-ups. The basic hypothesis is that...

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...

This article investigates empirically whether and to what extent initial capital constraints hinder entrepreneurial performance once the venture has been started. Prior empirical research in this area could investigate this issue only indirectly by lack of data. The key contribution of this...