Profiles of SMEs as Borrowers: Case of Latvia

Ramona Rupeika-Apoga and Irina Solovjova

A chapter in Contemporary Issues in Finance: Current Challenges from Across Europe, 2016, vol. 98, pp 63-76 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: The availability of funding is one of the key problems in the small and medium-sized business not only in Europe but also all over the world economic space. The lack of funds results in the starvation of the economy preventing it from full-fledged development. The aim of the research is to analyze the factors that interfere with the availability of funding to the small and medium-sized companies, by developing the profiles of SMEs and to give recommendations for the more effective raising of funds. During the research the following research methods were used: the generally accepted quantitative and qualitative research methods in economics, including the comparative analysis and synthesis and graphical depiction. The results of the analyses will be discussed and recommendation will be provided for policy makers and academician in the last section.

Keywords: SMEs financing; loans; banks; G21; L10; O12; O16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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