Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a significant source of employment for
many people in developing and developed economies. However, one of the significant …

There is no doubt that access to finance is of crucial importance for the ongoing and
sustainable growth and profitability of small and medium enterprises sector (SMEs) through …

Crowdfunding has enabled large crowds to fund innovative projects. This type of funding
might tap into the wisdom of crowds who were previously disconnected from the funding …

Focussing on the relatively few small firms which grew rapidly, this book, originally
published in 1993 uses face-to-face interviews as well as published records to identify and …

Restricted access to finance (either debt or equity or both) is potentially a significant
constraint on the growth of small businesses. Financing problems arise primarily as a …

In this paper, the relevance of some debt ratio determinants from the recent theory of finance
is empirically investigated in a small business sector. The data used in this study consist of …

The notion that the separation of ownership from control may create a divergence of
interests between managers and shareholders has led to a large number of studies which …

Building on the literatures on asymmetric information and risk taking, this paper applies
conjoint experiments to investigate lending officers' probabilities of supporting credit to …

Interest in the field of entrepreneurship has significantly increased among academics,
practitioners and government officials in the past decade both in the USA and in Europe …

The authors of this comprehensive study address why it is that some small firms perform well
and others don't, and whether high-performing firms share characteristics that distinguish …