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Small- and Medium-Size Enterprise Financing in Eastern Europe

There is currently a large interest in understanding firms' access to finance, particularly in the financing of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). But the financing patterns of SMEs across countries is not well understood. For example,...

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Main Authors:	Klapper, Leora F., Sarria-Allende, Virginia, Sulla, Victor
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	SMALL & MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES ENTERPRISE SUPPORT FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION EQUITY FINANCE DEBT FINANCING FINANCING OPTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR TRANSITION ECONOMIES MARKET ORIENTATION PROFITABILITY GROWTH PATTERNS ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AGENCY PROBLEMS AGRICULTURE ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION AUDITORS BALANCE SHEET BALANCE SHEETS BANK LENDING BANKING SECTOR BANKING SYSTEM BANKING SYSTEMS BANKRUPTCY BASE YEAR BORROWING BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT COMPANY COMPETITIVENESS CONGLOMERATES CORPORATE PERFORMANCE CORPORATE STRUCTURE CORPORATIONS DEBT DOWNSIZING ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXPANSION EXPECTED VALUE FINANCIAL DATA FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL RATIOS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FIRM SIZE FIRMS FOREIGN MARKETS FUTURE RESEARCH GDP GDP PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE HIGHLY LEVERAGED FIRMS INCOME STATEMENTS INFLATION INTEREST RATES JOB CREATION LAWS LEGAL PROTECTION LIQUIDITY LISTED COMPANIES MACROECONOMIC GROWTH MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE PRESENT VALUE PRIVATE CAPITAL PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETAINED EARNINGS RETURN ON ASSETS RETURN ON EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS SMALL FIRMS SME SME DEVELOPMENT SME SECTOR STATE ENTERPRISES STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSIDIARIES VENDORS WORKING CAPITAL GROWTH PATTERNS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/12/2082429/small-medium-size-enterprise-financing-eastern-europe http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19200