The importance of women as a largely untapped pool of entrepreneurs has been widely
recognised by economic development agencies. However, despite a number of initiatives …

The small enterprise has experienced a remarkable revival as a focus of business, political
and research interest in recent decades. From being seen as a disappearing relic of …

Whether female entrepreneurs are disadvantaged in financing their business has been an
important policy theme within the gender and enterprise literature. The question has …

SME financing in the UK and in China: a comparative perspective | Emerald Insight Books and
journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced search SME …

This paper identifies the key institutional factors that influence loan loss rates in Community
Development Finance Institutions in the UK. Traditional bank credit assessment puts the …

This paper investigates the role of experience in lending and was motivated by two
circumstances:(i) prior research on expert judgment has seldom studied how experts and …

Banks' risk taking in credit decisions: influences of loan officers' personality traits and
financial risk preference versus bank-contextual factors | Emerald Insight Books and …

Purpose–This paper aims to consider the methods used by publicly supported business
advisers to assess their client businesses. These business advisers are increasingly …

Purpose–This study focuses on the factors affecting equality of access to UK government
grant and loan initiatives and the identification of gender differences in the uptake of those …

Access to financing plays an eminent role for a small enterprise sector in any economy.
Based on previous empirical studies small enterprises tend to suffer from limited access to …