It is argued that strategizing provides firms with deep and sustainable sources of competitive
advantage. Despite an emerging literature base on the strategic management of the micro …

The emergence of digital financial technology emerges as a promising solution, allowing
banks to leverage unique digital footprints to alleviate information asymmetry and mitigate …

This paper provides new evidence on the benefits of local banking. Relying on a unique
bank-level lending dataset covering 96 French counties from 2005 to 2013, completed by …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the use of trade credit in a sample of
small and medium enterprises in Europe, before and after the outbreak of the subprime …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the role of legitimacy in internationalization
to Africa of a Finnish professional service microfirm, which uses cause-related marketing …

Abstract Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are substantial contributors to employment
and to the GDP growth in many countries. Therefore, understanding their difficulties to find …

Innovation related to the technological advances of entrepreneurship are essential in
Industry 4.0 and are essential for economic development of the micro companies. The …

The production of popular music provides an interesting case for studying the role of
individuals in financing decisions. Intellectual property takes a central position in music …

How does market power affect rich democracies? As the growing market power of large
multinational firms has fundamentally changed the opportunity structure for small …

At times when businesses are expected to contribute to economic growth, the topic of access
to finance remains relevant. The study investigates the availability of public financial support …