...Alija Avdukic; Hani Astila Agriyantie; Mir Dost; Fawad Khaleel Purpose The primary method for providing interest-free financing to businesses owned by immigrant Muslim entrepreneurs relies on implicit and tacit knowledge. To better understand this, we analyse both formal and informal financing...

... of the selected factors affecting access to finance, it has been established that the Loan Formalities, Banking Process, Loan Process, Staff Responsiveness and Incentive Scheme have a positive and significant influence in enhancing accessibility to finance and improving the self-efficacy and operating performance...

... Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Capital structure SMEs Systematic literature review Financing Pecking order theory Trade-off theory G32 G40 D21 Several reasons highlight the interest in encouraging the development of small and medium...

...Navjot Sandhu; Javed Hussain; Harry Matlay Purpose This paper aims to examine barriers to finance experienced by female owner/managers of marginal farms in the Punjab region of India. Design/methodology/approach The article is based on the preliminary results of a survey conducted with 48...

...Ciarán Mac an Bhaird; Brian Lucey Purpose This paper aims to empirically examine the financing of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) through a financial growth lifecycle model. Design/methodology/approach Data in publicly available databases are generally unsuitable to examine...

... on equity gap issues in regional centres. Originality/value The paper fulfils an important role in elaborating on the use and importance of different types of financing in various regions. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Financing Geographic regions Small to medium‐sized enterprises...

...Gebregziabher Haileselasie Gebru Purpose This paper aims to investigate the determinants of financing preferences of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owners in Tigray regional state of Ethiopia in light of the Pecking Order Hypothesis (POH). Design/methodology/approach Structured...

...Harry Matlay; Pal C. Johnsen; Richard G.P. McMahon Purpose Aims to ascertain the extent to which industry appears to influence the financing behaviour of a sample of Australian small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The research employs data for several thousand...