Emerging clusters, formed by small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) of slow growth and
embryonic management systems present a different competitive advantage scheme. The …

El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la fuente de donde obtienen recursos las pymes
para su operación, se analizan las teorías de la literatura que hablan sobre la forma en que …

Credit scoring models are important tools in the credit granting process. These models
measure the credit risk of a prospective client based on idiosyncratic variables and …

Given its importance in financial risk management, credit risk analysis, since its introduction
in 1950, has been a major influence both in academic research and in practical situations. In …

We explore the role of government initiatives fostering entrepreneurship—in the form of tax
advantages and government support—in influencing the probability that entrepreneurial …

Using the fourth-round database of the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance
Survey (2008/09 BEEPS), this study examines the determinants of discouragement in less …

The aim of this work is to understand the impact of size on the performance of transnational
corporations (TNCs) operating in the textile and clothing industry in Portugal during the …

This paper offers a new perspective for the agricultural economics literature on the
relationship between firm size and financial performance. We contribute to the literature by …

With the growth of people's demand for loans, banks and other financial institutions put
forward higher requirements for customer credit risk level classification, the purpose is to …

This study analyzes the effect of the reputation SMEs get in a relationship lending on the
cost of next loans. A unique dataset of 734 Spanish SMEs' relationship lending provides …