Financing the small firm

✍ Scribed by David A. Walker

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 878 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0921-898X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00393807

✦ Synopsis

This study presents a framework to delineate financing the small firm. Special consideration is given to small firms' unique financing sources such as trade and bank credit, entrepreneur's own resources, informal investment, and venture capital. The small firm has limited or no access to many traditional debt and equity markets that supply long term financing to the corporate world, and therefore operates in segmented and imperfect financial markets. The links between small firms' financing opportunities and managerial goals are traced from the start-up stage through establishing a mature firm. As the small firm matures, it operates in a broader financial market. This study establishes the foundation for future empirical research.