Using a survey of and financial data for Japanese small-and medium-enterprises (SMEs),
this paper examines the determinants of firms' use of the business support programs …

The advent of COVID-19 portended a dire liquidity crunch for small firms as traditional
external funding sources were severely curtailed. Defying expectations, initial equity …

Rumination, as a recurring thought process, can have detrimental or beneficial effects on
well-being depending on whether it increases or decreases ideal-actual self-discrepancy …

The advent of COVID-19 portended a dire liquidity crunch for small firms as traditional
funding sources were curtailed. Defying expectations, initial equity crowdfunding (ECF) …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken to control the spread of the virus affected all
businesses. During this period, SMEs confronted heightened financial difficulties. In …

Small, young firms often face significant challenges in accessing external equity finance–the
equity gap–to scale up and fuel their growth. The three papers of this PhD thesis investigate …

This section provides an outlook on the indebtedness of UK firms and some of its
implications for their ability to invest and improve productivity. The pandemic has raised the …

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O objetivo desta dissertação é fornecer uma análise do impacto dos subsídios a fundo
perdido durante a pandemia de COVID-19 nas pequenas e médias empresas portuguesas …

Supporting small and medium sized enterprises to achieve innovation success arguably has
more value than even before, with research finding across all sectors that it increases …