A commentary on gaps in funding for moderate ‘non-stellar’ growth small businesses in the United Kingdom

Ray Oakey

Venture Capital, 2007, vol. 9, issue 3, 223-235

Abstract: Over many years government interest has persisted in the general funding problems of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This concern has often concentrated on capital market failure in particular niche areas of the funding market. This paper has resulted from a specific interest of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in possible funding gaps experienced by ‘non-stellar’ growth SMEs. Such ‘non-stellar’ firms would be typified by substantial growth potential that is, nonetheless, insufficient to attract the funding needed in order to ensure prosperity. This paper comments on the evidence that exists either to support or to refute the existence of such a problem.

Date: 2007
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/13691060701410160 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:veecee:v:9:y:2007:i:3:p:223-235

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/TVEC20

DOI: 10.1080/13691060701410160

Access Statistics for this article

Venture Capital is currently edited by Colin Mason and Richard T. Harrison

More articles in Venture Capital from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst ().