Do social capital building strategies influence the financing behavior of chinese private small and medium-sized enterprises?

© 2013 Baylor University. Using data from 65,485 Chinese private small and medium-sized enterprises over the period 2000-2006, we examine the extent to which firms can improve access to debt by adopting strategies aimed at building social capital, namely entertaining and gift giving to others in their social network, and obtaining political affiliation. We find that although entertainment and gift-giving expenditure leads to higher levels of total and short-term debt, it does not enable firms to obtain greater long-term debt. In contrast, we demonstrate that obtaining political affiliation allows firms greater access to long-term debt.

Information technology for development of small and medium-sized exporters in Latin America and East Asia

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Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America

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On the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in the improvement of the production structure of developing countries

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Report of the workshop in Caribbean small and medium-sized enterprises and trade liberalization: challenges of clusters and network initiatives

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The export potential of small-and medium-sized enterprises of some selected countries of Latin America to the European Economic Community (EEC): summary

Estudia los problemas referentes a la relación con el mercado internacional, de capacitación de personal en distintas áreas productivas, de transporte y de financiamiento de las empresas encuestadas de Ecuador, México, Uruguay, Chile, Perú y Paraguay, en sus políticas de promoción de exportaciones.

Birth, Survival and Growth of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Poland: 1990-1994

This research is based on a unique and extensive database which tracks the employment, payroll and sales of individual Polish firms for the period 1990 to 1995. This allowed the authors to calculate the birth, survival and growth rates for different categories of enterprises (state-owned, cooperative, private, foreign-owned and privatised after 1990) and regions. These data match data collected in the United States, making it possible to compare the Polish situation with that of the state of Michigan. Analysis of the data and lessons from the Poland-Michigan comparisons provide a solid basis for the formulation of new policy recommendations for Poland. Allowing for certain important differences, Poland would still seem to need a higher rate of births of new companies. New small private companies and companies with foreign capital can be seen as the main source of job creation and economic revitalisation. To strengthen positive trends in the economy, Poland should create a model of institutional support for both potential entrepreneurs and foreign investors.