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 …

Purpose The adoption and use of financial services by small-and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) are pivotal in the development of inclusive financial markets. The purpose of this …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify business practices that may promote internal
financing of growing SMEs. The authors expand the literature on entrepreneurial finance …

The development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) becomes the benchmark and
leading position for developing countries' economies. The digital transformation demands …

Small and medium-sized enterprises play a crucial role in sustaining economic development
in both developed economies and developing economies, however, many of them suffer …

The objective of this study was to analyze the determining factors that explain the capital
structure decisions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the province of …

The relatedness of the factors that slow down the sustainability and growth of SMEs in
emerging markets is discussed in this chapter. The chapter further argues that even though …

This paper aims to analyse the factors affecting SMEs' capital structure decisions with a
comparative analysis covering SMEs of different sizes in Turkey from 2007 to 2018 …

The purpose of this study is to introduce a new comprehensive gender-aware growth
framework. To do that, this study:(I) provides in-depth insights into women's perception of …

Considering the impacts of the most recent global economic crisis in 2008/2009, this paper
explores how firm size, type of business activity and approach to internationalisation …