... of quality information to enhance access to external finance. The implications are that policymakers should provide targeted EET for male and female entrepreneurs is essential to promote agritourism in India and other developing economies. Originality/value Whilst most farming-based studies have focused...

...Jia Wang; Paul Robson; Mark Freel Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to utilise a sample of 384 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who applied for external finance in the Beijing area of China to investigate the characteristics of firms against: the amount of external finance sought...

...Andreas Rauterkus; George Munchus Purpose – This study aims to examine empirically the relationship between loan denials and lender distance and location. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses the 2003 Survey of Small Business Finance (SSBF) to draw the sample. This survey...

...Roger Sørheim; Lars Øystein Widding; Martin Oust; Øystein Madsen Purpose During the last decade, there has been an increasing focus on commercialization of knowledge and technology from universities. However, universities report financing as being the main impediment to successful university spin...

... large firms in a number of respects, two of which are particularly important from the point of view of this paper. The first is the combination of ownership and management in an individual business owner. The second is the limited resources (such as finance and management skills) compared to large firms...

...Javed Hussain; Harry Matlay Purpose The purpose of this research is to show that while mainstream finance for small businesses has been researched, hard to reach segments of the UK owner/manager population have eluded empirically rigorous investigation. The authors investigate the financing...

...Stuart Paul; Geoff Whittam; Janette Wyper Purpose The purpose of this research is to explore whether the “pecking order hypothesis” (POH) applies to the capital finance preferences of start‐up businesses. Design/methodology/approach In‐depth interviews with 20 Scotland‐based entrepreneurs were...

...Harry Matlay; Javed Hussain; Cindy Millman; Harry Matlay Purpose The purpose of this research is to outline the preliminary results of an empirical investigation into access to finance and related issues, as experienced by SME owner/managers in the UK and in China. Design/methodology/approach...

...Rebecca Harding; Marc Cowling Purpose This paper sets out to assess the market for start‐up finance in the UK for high growth potential entrepreneurial firms. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses data from the UK's Global Entrepreneurship Monitor surveys between 2001 and 2003 to assess...

...Jonathan Tucker; Jonathan Lean Examines how a finance gap for small firms might be addressed by means of government policy to support informal financing initiatives. A review of both the finance and the government policy literature provides the basis for discussing and conceptualising the financing...

...Khaled Soufani This paper focuses upon the role of factoring in small business finance and the profile of firms using it. The analysis refers to a comprehensive survey of UK providers of factoring services. This identifies the relatively focused provision of factoring in terms of size, age, sector...

... survey results and econometric analysis, to develop 13 small firm case studies where the management and financing of trade credit is analysed in detail. The case studies draw on a combination of qualitative and quantitative data from interview transcripts, questionnaire responses and secondary data...

...Anuradha Basu This paper examines the role of formal and informal institutional support in the expansion of Asian‐owned businesses in Britain, based on a large survey of Asian entrepreneurs based in Britain. More specifically, it investigates the significance of formal (bank) sources of finance...