As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, a common public policy response has been to
enforce the temporary closure of non-essential business activity. In some countries …

This paper investigates the determinants of capital structure and use of financing for small
and medium sized enterprises. Hypotheses utilising static trade‐off and pecking order …

Female and male entrepreneurs differ in the way they finance their businesses. This
difference can be attributed to the type of business and the type of management and …

Barriers faced by SMEs in raising bank finance | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case
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Although accessing finance is key to the foundation of any business, particular concerns
have been expressed about the ability of UK women-owned firms to obtain external finance …

by Carole A. Howorth l) r. Carole A. Howorth is a lecturer in accounting and finance at
Nottingham University Business School, England. Research into the financing of small firms …

Purpose–While most studies concerning gender differences in small business performance
have emerged from developed countries, how applicable the results are to transitional …

Purpose–To examine differences between family and non‐family SMEs in business goals,
management practices and performance as they grow. Design/methodology/approach–The …

Purpose–The aims of the paper are three‐fold: first, to analyse how small and micro firms
finance themselves; second, to investigate what their financing preferences are; and third, to …

The principal objective in this paper is to ascertain the extent to which Myers'(1984) Pecking
Order Theory (POT) of business financing appears to explain financial structure amongst a …