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Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)
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In a world of increasing financial uncertainty and growing unemployment, the macroeconomic contribution of SMEs is more important than ever. Development of a vibrant, sustainable small firm sector is dependent on sufficient resourcing of SMEs, particularly adequate capitalisation. This book provides a timely examination of SME financing and determinants of capital structure. A special feature of this book is the novel methodological approach adopted, providing an innovative perspective on SME financing. Analysis of stated financing preferences and objectives of SME owners is combined with results of statistical analysis of firm characteristics in exploring holistic explanations for observed capital structures. The uniqueness of this approach is in the contribution of data on financing preferences to supplement and contextualise results of bivariate and multivariate statistical tests. This methodology extends the SME literature, and is of interest to academics, researchers, practitioners and policy makers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resourcing Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Book Subtitle: A Financial Growth Life Cycle Approach
Authors: Ciarán Mac an Bhaird
Series Title: Contributions to Management Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2399-8
Publisher: Physica Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2398-1Published: 26 March 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2818-4Published: 04 May 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-2399-8Published: 17 March 2010
Series ISSN: 1431-1941
Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 210
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Economics, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, Organization, Finance, general, Entrepreneurship, Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance