... Design/methodology/approach – Findings – Research limitations/implications – Originality/value – Keywords: Australia, Discouraged borrowers, Entrepreneurialism, Financial constraints, Financial discrimination, Gender, Small to medium-sized enterprises "Women...

... was embedded in a university web domain. Survey respondents were recruited through e‐mail invitations. A random sample of e‐mail contacts was purchased from two market research firms. Financial constraints Discouraged borrowers Financial discrimination Small to medium‐sized enterprises Gender...

.... As such, a thorough background knowledge was sought within these areas of literature. Nerys Fuller‐Love can be contacted at: nfl@aber.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Gender Group dynamics Small to medium‐sized enterprises Entrepreneurs Gender differences Networks Networking...

...Monica A. Zimmerman; Keith D. Brouthers Purpose Although diversifying internationally appears to be beneficial, relatively few small and medium‐sized firms actually participate. Building on recent research exploring the international diversification of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs...

...Päivi Eriksson; Saija Katila; Mervi Niskanen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of gender on the usage of different funding sources in a sample of Finnish small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim is also to embed the results into the country‐context, which...

... for future research. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Gender Small to medium‐sized enterprises Finance Australia Given that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are responsible for significant levels of employment, innovation and productivity, it is important that policy makers...