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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Access to External Finance"”.
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Access to finance and SME growth in the formal sector
The study sought to investigate the relationship between access to external finance and the growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the formal sector, focusing on Gauteng, South Africa. SMEs encounter significant challenges in accessing finance, especially compared to larger corporations, …
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Economic growth and financial development: a legal explanation
… Our study comprehensively examines the investor legal protection in terms of legal statues, legal enforcement and legal origins. We first examine the mechanism through which the legal system affects firm investment behaviour. The study suggests that a well-functioning legal system will …
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An assessment of factors affecting performance and growth of new technology based firms in the UK
New Technology Based Firms (NTBF) are considered to be important for the economic development of a country in regards to both employment growth and innovative activity. The latter is believed to contribute significantly to the increase in productivity and therefore the competitiveness of UK’s …
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Two Essays on Investments: Corporate and Institutional Perspective
In my dissertation, I study factors that influence investments from either corporate or institutional perspective. First, I examine the sensitivity of corporate investment to internally generated cash flow and its pattern of change over time across countries. Second, I investigate how a firm's …
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THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BANKING PERFORMANCE, PRIVATIZATION, AND GROWTH
… and intellectual property rights concurrent to privatization of state owned enterprises on a wide range of industries. First, it uses a sample of 37 countries to assess the effects privatization on industry growth of output, value added and establishments with regards to property rights …
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Essays on the financial constraints and related firm behaviour: the case of Pakistan
The aim of this thesis is to enhance the understanding of the suitable measures of financial constraints for the case of a developing country and the effects of financial constraints on firm‟s activities. In this respect, we employ data for Pakistani listed non-financial firms from 2006 to 2015, …