Digital finance has provided informal financial support to small-and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) and solved the dilemma of acquiring formal financial support in …

Green technology innovation is crucial for achieving sustainable development. This paper
establishes fixed effect and mediation effect models to study how digital finance influences …

The COVID-19 pandemic posed an existential threat to European SMEs' financial resilience
with significant consequences for the European economy. Using unique firm-level data on …

Purpose For decades, financing constraints have been a major obstacle to corporate
performance. Volumes have been written about the probable factors that can help firms …

Purpose This paper aims to review the literature extensively by analysing recent work and
providing a guide for models, data sets and research findings. Design/methodology …

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 …

A rapidly growing body of research applies survey methods to examine the ability of SMEs to
obtain external financing. These studies focus on firm-specific characteristics and …

With a special focus on firms with fewer than 10 employees, we examine how small
businesses participate in innovation and how perceived competition affects their innovative …

This paper explores the relationship between technological progress and the financial
constraints faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as the role of …

This study examines the relationship between stock return volatility (SRV) and financial
distress (FD) and the moderating roles of ownership structure, managerial (CEO) ability, and …