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- The growth factor: Kate Sharp, CEO of the Factors & Discounters Association (FDA), discusses an alternative form of financing that is providing the growth factor for over 35,000 SMEs in the UK.(Finance for Industry)
- LENDING to small businesses is continually increasing, with recent figures from the major banks showing that in July of this year total lending exceeded 900 billion [pounds sterling] for the first time. Part of this rise is due to the use of invoic LENDING...
- Research articles 2003-10-01
- The Role of "Reverse Factoring" in Supplier Financing of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
- The global pattern of factoring suggests that it may have an advantage compared to other types of lending, such as loans collateralized by fixed assets, under certain conditions. However, ordinary factoring has in general not been profitable in emerging markets. This paper focuses on an alternative usually used in emerging...
- White papers 2004-09-28
- The Vision and the Reality - Why the Current Approach to CRM Is Marginalising Return on Investment
- While Customer Relationship Management CRM technology has promised much, the reality for many has been disappointing. Industry analysts estimate 50-60% of implementations fail, or produce marginal return on investment. Exposure to Small and Medium Enterprises SME suggests that this rate may well be significantly higher. The irony is that the...
- White papers 2005-01-01
- The Determinants of Debt and (Private-) Equity Financing in Young Innovative SMEs: Evidence From Germany
- Financial theory creates a puzzle. Some authors argue that high-risk entrepreneurs choose debt contracts instead of equity contracts since risky but high returns are of relatively more value for a loan-financed firm. On the contrary, authors who focus explicitly on start-up finance predict that entrepreneurs are the more likely to...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- Credit Insurance for European SMEs: A Guide to Assessing the Need to Manage Liquidity Risk
- Today, bank lending is the most important source of SME finance in Europe. Changes in the banking sector and the economic downturn have made banks more reluctant to lend to risky SMEs. Therefore SMEs must consider alternative ways for funding their business and for managing the liquidity to run their...
- White papers 2003-12-02
- Mamut Unveils Payroll Software With Payback
- Payroll functionality has been introduced to Irish business customers by Mamut Enterprise, a provider of business software for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMEs, in conjunction with Irish software company Payback. Payroll functionality has been introduced to Irish business customers by Mamut Enterprise, a provider of business software for Small and...
- White papers 2005-12-09
- What's Distinctive About Growth-Oriented Entrepreneurship In Developing Countries?
- Entrepreneurship in emerging markets is distinctive from that practiced in more developed countries. Better understanding these distinctions is critical to private sector development in developing countries. Of particular interest are new and growth-oriented enterprises, which have a greater capacity to create sustainable economic growth than microenterprises or long-established Small and...
- White papers 2005-05-10
- Learning New Technologies By SMEs In Developing Countries
- This paper, based on new field data, examines the ways in which Small And Medium Enterprises SMEs in selected developing countries learn to use and augment their core capabilities with new technologies. This paper presents three findings. First, there is clear evidence of increasing complexity in the adoption and use...
- White papers 2004-05-01
- SMEs, FDI And Financial Constraints
- This paper aims at exploring the problems experienced by SMEs with international ambitions in gaining access to debt and equity finance for Foreign Direct Investment FDI projects. This paper develops several hypotheses why such SMEs are expected to face severe financing constraints for foreign investments and provide an explorative empirical...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Outsourcing Of Accounting Tasks In SMEs: An Extended TCE Model
- This paper explores why Small and Medium-sized Companies SMEs engage in outsourcing of accounting services. It expands the transaction cost economics model by adding the variable resource deficit from resource-based theory, while controlling for personal characteristics of the SME executive (age, education), organizational structure, firm maturity and ownership structure. It...
- White papers 2006-09-01
- Late Payers Show No Shame
- BNET's Crash Course on getting customer's to pay up contains some invaluable advice -- and it's realistic to suggest that you hold off on litigation until all else fails. But what about the UK right to interest on late payment -- do businesses make use of it? ...
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Private Equity: SME Saviour?
- Could private equity PE funds be the saviour of entrepreneurial businesses in the UK? With banks still nervous about lending thanks to recessionary risks as much as the credit crunch and market upheaval creating opportunities galore, I think PE might just come into its own. But before...
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- FINANCE MINISTRY, ADB SIGN US$30MIL SME DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
- According to "VoV", the Asian Development Bank ADB and the Ministry of Finance signed an agreement for the ADB to provide US$30 million to help develop small and medium sized enterprises SMEs in Vietnam. The amount will be used as small loanAccording to "VoV", the Asian Development Bank ADB and...
- Research articles 2004-03-03
- Microsoft to finance SMEs.
- MEXICO CITY, Jan 28, 2003 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Microsoft, through its branch MS Capital and other credit institutions, will offer financing to small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs and indivi MEXICO CITY, Jan 28, 2003 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by ...
- Research articles 2003-01-29
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- JAPAN: MOODY'S ASSIGNS AAA SENIOR DEBT RATING TO JAPAN FINANCE CORPORATION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE'S (JASME) SERIES 31 DEBT ISSUE.
- Moody's Investors Service has assigned its Aaa rating to the Series 31 JPY 30 billion domestic senior debt due March 18, 2011 issued by the Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise JASME. The rating outlook is stable. The debt c Moody's...
- Research articles 2008-03-05
- MOODY'S ASSIGNS AAA SENIOR DEBT RATING TO JAPAN FINANCE CORPORATION FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE'S (JASME) SERIES 31
- Moody's Investors Service has assigned its Aaarating to the Series 31 JPY 30 billion domestic senior debt due March 18,2011 issued by the Japan Finance Corporation for Small and MediumEnterprise JASME. The rating outlook is stable. The debt constitutes Moody's Investors Service has assigned its Aaarating to the Series 31...
- Research articles 2008-03-05
- RUSSIA: CENTRAL ASIA SMALL-ENTERPRISE FUND ESTABLISHED.(Brief Article)
- The U.S. Agency for International Development, the International Finance Corporation, and the Swiss government jointly established an $8.6 million fund to promote small and medium-sized business growth in Central Asia, AP reported on 5 July. The SEAF The U.S. Agency for International Development, the International ...
- Research articles 2002-07-18
- Creating jobs through investments in Indonesia's small exporters.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 2002-ADB: Creating jobs through investments in Indonesia's small exportersC1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12172002 MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- The Asian Development Bank ADB is promoting growth and job creation in Indonesia through a loan of US$85 million approved today...
- Research articles 2002-12-17
- Thai Small Business Agency Names Political Adviser As New Head.
- Bangkok Post, Thailand Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 15--Samran Phu-anantanont, an adviser to the Thai Rak Thai Party on small and medium-sized enterprise policy, has been appointed as the new president of the Small Industry Finance Corporation SIFC. He succeeds Kanok Abhiradee, who has...
- Research articles 2002-05-15
- 5 Tips For Picking The Best ERP Finance And Accounting Solution
- It's a little more challenging for small to medium sized companies to find the best fitting Finance and Accounting ERP software, but the 5 tips provided in this paper should help you with your effort. There is a lot of competition amongst ERP Enterprise Resource Planning vendors for mid market...
- White papers 2009-03-27
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