Small food businesses have difficulty accessing banks for financing. The growth of the
sharing economy through financial technology (FinTech) makes it possible for small …

Purpose With the change in climate and increased pollution, there has been a need to
reduce environmental carbon emissions. This research aims to develop a framework for …

Small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for two-thirds of employment in the
euro area which makes them a priority for the transmission of monetary policy to the real …

Research on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to bank finance is vital for
the euro area economy. SMEs heavily represent the European business sector, employing …

Later stage, unlisted SMEs are typically too old to attract equity crowdfunding, one of the two
novel sources of outside entrepreneurial finance. The other source is peer-to-peer (P2P) …

We investigate whether financial constraints impair the performance of SMEs and possibly
lead to firm failure. More importantly, we address the question of whether family SMEs fare …

We investigate whether cross‐country differences in the legal system influence demand‐
side credit constraints. We explore the notion of discouraged borrowers—firms that choose …

Information infrastructure development substantially impacts the transformation of
enterprises' decision-making. Based on the “Information Consumption Demonstration City …

SMEs are essential players for iron and mining industries that create high value-added
products for economies. However, since these businesses lack financial assets compared …

Using an unbalanced panel dataset that contains financial information of 46,340 small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across 11 European countries over 2007–2015, this study …