Essays about: "sme financing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words sme financing.

  1. 1. The Role of Trade Credit During the Covid Crisis - A study on Swedish SMEs' use of trade credit as a financial aid and its role as a substitution to bank financing

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Carolina Gustavsson Martinetti; Daniel Rohdén; [2023]
    Keywords : Trade credit; Substitution effect; Financing; Covid; Financial distress;

    Abstract : The Covid crisis has introduced substantial uncertainties for SMEs, making them more vulnerable. Our study investigates Swedish SMEs' use of trade credit, both received and extended, as a medium for the mitigation of financial distress during the crisis. READ MORE

  3. 2. Craft brewing and financial expansion – a study of the Swedish market

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Anders Lingensjö; [2021]
    Keywords : Microbreweries; craft beer; craft beer brewing; small business financing; Sweden;

    Abstract : Craft brewing has seen a remarkable growth, from the first steps in the late 1960s in the USA until today. Breweries in the USA and Western Europe saw a long period of brewery fusions, concentration and closings from after the 2nd world war until roughly late 1990s/early 2000s. READ MORE

  4. 3. SMEs in Times of Crisis: An Analysis of Medtech SMEs’ Strategic Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alina Tater; Marc Leon Willemsen; [2021]
    Keywords : Crisis Management; Strategic Responses; SME; COVID-19; Medtech; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted industries across the globe and has forced organizations to respond. One example is the medical technology (medtech) sector in which small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) were impacted and had to respond strategically. READ MORE

  5. 4. Unlocking the Potential of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises through the Climate-neutral Cities Mission | A case study of Malmö and Lund in the Region Skåne, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Kyle Lavelle; [2021]
    Keywords : SME; climate-neutral cities; mission-oriented innovation policy; Region Skåne; urban sustainability transition; intermediaries; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Through the national innovation program Viable Cities, the City of Malmö and the City of Lund in the Region Skåne of southern Sweden have recently undertaken a mission to become climate-neutral by 2030, requiring the commitment and participation of the entire local, urban system in the pursuit and uptake of bottom-up, radical solutions. While small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the backbone of the region’s economy, their importance to the mission’s success has not been fully conceptualized, despite evidence indicating that some SMEs are suited for developing radical innovations while others will struggle to decarbonize their business. READ MORE

  6. 5. Securitisation and SME credit availability in the EU

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Jan Litjens; [2019]
    Keywords : Assets securitisation; SME financing; Capital Markets Union; Business cycles;

    Abstract : This paper analyses the relationship between securitisation and SME financing through the bank lending channel in combination with the procyclicality of both. Using securitisation issuance data on a national level, panel survey data on SME financing conditions at the firm level, and the output gap as a proxy for the business cycle, I find that both securitisation and SME credit availability are procyclical. READ MORE