Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of every economy. So, when
an external crisis jeopardizes markets, such as the recent COVID-19 outbreak, SMEs are hit …

Purpose Trade credit (TC) is a financing provision by non-financing firms. The multi-
disciplinary research field has sustained scholarly attention for long. Pursuant to the gap for …

Martin R., Sunley P., Gardiner B. and Tyler P. How regions react to recessions: resilience
and the role of economic structure, Regional Studies. This paper examines how employment …

The relationship between innovation activities and firm performance has been well
established in the context of major economies. However, in the case of emerging …

The average distance of US banks from their small corporate borrowers increased before
the global financial crisis, especially for banks in competitive counties. Small distant loans …

Every large or small enterprise needs to have financial liquidity and to be able to generate
profits to develop. It is not important in which sector it operates, whether it is a private or …

By utilizing the SME Finance Monitor and a unique dataset on the geographical location of
all bank branches in 11 UK economic regions, this paper examines the relevance of spatial …

This article considers geographical variations in the demand and supply of bank finance for
innovative firms in the UK. It uses a detailed survey on the finances of almost 40,000 UK …

Purpose For decades, financing constraints have been a major obstacle to corporate
performance. Volumes have been written about the probable factors that can help firms …

Despite the plentiful debate on the effects of bank competition on SME access to finance and
growth, only few studies have explored the impacts on SME cost of debt. This study …