Frontiers in microfinance research for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs): a bibliometric analysis

F Lwesya, ABS Mwakalobo - Future Business Journal, 2023 - Springer
This article aims to present current research trends in microfinance for small and medium
enterprises (SMEs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs), as microfinance plays an …

Relationship lending, access to credit and entrepreneurial orientation as cornerstones of venture financing

F Beltrame, L Grassetti, GS Bertinetti… - Journal of Small Business …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper investigates the effect of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on small-and
medium-sized enterprises'(SMEs) access to credit. Starting with the idea that SMEs' strategy …

SME access to market-based finance across Eurozone countries

P Bongini, A Ferrando, E Rossi, M Rossolini - Small Business Economics, 2021 - Springer
This paper provides an in-depth analysis of small and medium enterprise (SME) access to
capital markets across Eurozone countries. First, we determine which factors—at firm and …

Bourdieusian and resource-based perspectives on ethnic minority microbusinesses: The construction of a culture-induced entrepreneurship model

M Haq, M Johanson, J Davies, W Ng… - Journal of Small …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In contemporary developed Western societies, structural discrimination often bars ethnic
minorities from entering mainstream entrepreneurship and labor markets. Consequently …

ECB unconventional monetary policy and SME access to finance

M Finnegan, S Kapoor - Small Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
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 …

Maintaining the survival of Malaysian SMEs during Covid-19 outbreak: Challenges and suggestion for management

A Adam, R Hassan, H Abdullah - ASEAN Entrepreneurship Journal …, 2021 - ir.uitm.edu.my
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a new phenomenon to human health and development
across the globe. This unfavourable scenario is also a trigger to the world economic crisis …

SME funding-gap and financing: A comprehensive literature review

E Esho, G Verhoef - International Journal of Globalisation …, 2022 - inderscienceonline.com
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) generally face more financing constraints than large
businesses. However, the voluminous literature on SME financing has remained largely …

Benefits of local banking in local economic development: Disparities between micro firms and other SMEs

C Meslier, PN Rehault, A Sauviat, D Yuan - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Trade credit, payment duration, and SMEs' growth in the European Union

V Lefebvre - International entrepreneurship and management …, 2023 - Springer
Long payment durations are commonly considered a major drag on small-and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs) growth by public policies and practitioners. At the same time, long …

Investigating environmental prioritization: role of financial resources and female entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean region

R Harakati, I Ghazouani, Z Hlioui - EuroMed Journal of Business, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose In this study, we aim to define a new ecological financial pecking order. We
examine how SMEs' adherence to the environment in the Mediterranean region is impacted …