Opportunities and Challenges in Capital Markets for Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprises

Kevin Lai ()
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Kevin Lai: Deloitte Taiwan Southern District Office, Tax and Legal Responsible Partner

Chapter Chapter 13 in Succession and Innovation in Asia’s Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises, 2021, pp 349-379 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Having limited financial resourcesResources is a big challenge for SMEs. If a SME enters the capital marketCapital market, it will become a public company and usually can enjoy the advantages of financial and human capital. However, choosing to enter the capital market is laden with challenges even if it is a good opportunity. In this chapter, the author analyzes possible opportunities and challenges for SMEs to go public by illustrating three cases in different industries. The author highlights the motivations for a SME to go public as well as the advantages and disadvantages for a SME to entering into the public market. The key point of this chapter is that the public market is not only a source of financial capital, but it is also a chance for a SME to transform itself in both management and strategy. Therefore, how to transform well to meet the requirements of the capital marketCapital market is a tough challenge for the SME successor.

Keywords: Family enterprises; Capital market; Fund raising; Listed company; Corporate governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9015-3_13

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