Essays about: "financing small and medium enterprises"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the words financing small and medium enterprises.

  1. 11. A New Era for Crowdfunded Leaders? : A critical analysis of an alternative financing model and its implications on personal development and effects on Leadership skills and behaviours

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Lisa Speiser; [2015]
    Keywords : Leadership; Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Act of Crowdfunding; Crowdfunded Leaders;

    Abstract : The new trend of Crowdfunding is worldwide changing the market for start-ups, as well as small- and medium-sized enterprises to finance their business, as well as increasing the opportunities and possibilities for realizing ideas. Thus, this thesis aims to enlighten the concept of Crowdfunding and its effects. READ MORE

  3. 12. Exposure to FX Rate Risk - A Qualitative Analysis of German Fair Trade Importers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Sebastian Brenner; Kerstin Remer; [2015]
    Keywords : Fair Trade; FX Exposure; Hedging; SMEs; Sustainable Finance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The aim of this paper is to investigate the exposure of Fair Trade (FT) importers in Germany, operating based on the principles of the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO), to foreign exchange (FX) rate risk in the light of the current depreciation of the Euro. The ongoing high volatility of the Euro exchange rate strongly affects Fair Trade companies that import products mostly from developing countries and sell them in the European market. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Impact of Capital Structure Determinants on Small and Medium size Enterprise Leverage

    University essay from Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Roshanak Hashemi; [2013]
    Keywords : Capital structure; Small and medium size enterprises; internal and external financing;

    Abstract : Finding the suitable capital structure for small and medium size enterprises, SMEs, is vital. A suitable capital structure helps SMEs to stay alive in the competitive market and has a positive effect on the national economy. READ MORE

  5. 14. Swedish SMEs Established in China : - How to finance business and financial obstacles encountered

    University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi; IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Åsa Ax; Jessica Jebrail; [2013]
    Keywords : Swedish; China; SMEs; Financing gap; Obstacles; Government;

    Abstract : Abstract Small- and medium size enterprises are well known for being the backbone of the economy. They are the key factors of the economic growth as well as for innovating and developing products and services. Financial obstacles often occur for Swedish SMEs when they are searching for ways of financing the business. READ MORE

  6. 15. Covenants in loan agreements—an analysis of practices within the Swedish high-yield bond sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Fors; [2013]
    Keywords : Avtalsrätt; associationsrätt; förmögenhetsrätt.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A high-yield bond is a financing option for a non-investment grade corporation, enabling it to raise funds on the capital market. In light of harsher conditions for senior financing, the development of a liquid high-yield market for bonds may prove a necessary way forward to ensure global competitiveness for Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) that typically relies heavily on bilateral- and syndicated bank loans. READ MORE