The recent years have been prolific in terms of development of new measures of firms'
financial constraints. This paper surveys the main strategies proposed. Additionally, we …

The aim of this study is to undertake an up-to-date assessment of market power in Central
and Eastern European banking markets and explore how the global financial crisis has …

Market economies are often characterised by a failure to self-regulate. One of the most
enduring of these 'market failures' is the ability to maximise the entrepreneurial potential to …

Sažetak To contribute to the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) financing
literature, this paper uses a unique sample of 492 Turkish SMEs to analyse the firm-level …

Access to credit is critical for SMEs' growth. However, these businesses that need credit to
take advantage of growth opportunities are noted to be credit constrained. The paper …

Based on the data obtained from the World Bank's enterprise survey for 9988 firms from 28
African countries, this study investigates the effect of firm characteristic, openness, and …

How do the effects of financial constraints on innovation performance vary by sector and firm
characteristics? This paper uses innovation survey data from 11 E uropean countries to …

Purpose This paper aims to document the impact of inadequately educated workforce on the
extent of financing obstacles experienced by firms. Design/methodology/approach The …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how firms in developing countries
finance innovation. Notably, the study seeks to investigate whether innovative firms exhibit …

The study examined the choice of the different financing theories for explaining the capital
structure source of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that seeks to raise their …