Financing SMEs and entrepreneurs 2012 : an OECD scoreboard.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship--OECD countries.

Entrepreneurship.

Small business--OECD countries--Finance.

Small business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Access to finance represents one of the most significant challenges for entrepreneurs and for the creation, survival and growth of small businesses. As governments address this challenge, they are running up against a major and longstanding obstacle to policy making: insufficient evidence and data. Better data is needed to understand the financing needs of SMEs and entrepreneurs and to provide the basis for informed institutional and public policy decisions. This first edition of ""Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs: An OECD Scoreboard"" represents a major step in addressing this obstacle by e

Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Country expert team; Table of Contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Chapter 1. Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs: Understanding and Developing an OECD Scoreboard; Introduction; Indicators; Table 1.1. Core indicators of the OECD Scoreboard on SME and entrepreneurship finance; Data collection; Cross-country comparability; Definition of indicators and data collection: Current challenges and recommendations; SME population covered; SME loan data: definitions and contents; Data on government loan guarantees; Venture capital data; Demand-side data collection

Recommendations for data improvementsChapter 2. Emerging Trends in SME and Entrepreneurship Finance; Introduction; Box 2.1. ECB/EC Survey on SME access to finance; Business environment and economic prospects; Table 2.1. Bankruptcies, 2007-10; Lending to SMEs in 2007-10; Table 2.2. Growth of SME business loans, 2008-10; Table 2.3. SME loan share of total business loans, 2007-10; Short-term loans vs. loans for investment; Table 2.4. Share of short-term SME loans, 2007-10; SME credit conditions compared to larger enterprises; Demand vs. supply of financing

Table 2.5. European Central Bank/European Commission survey on SME access to financeEquity financing; Government responses; Table 2.6. Government policy responses to improve SME access to finance during the 2008-09 crisis; Notes; References; Chapter 3. Basel III and SME Lending: Thematic Focus; Introduction; Background on Basel III capital and liquidity standards; The basics of Basel II and III; Capital adequacy ratio; Table 3.1. Minimum capital adequacy ratios; Liquidity management rules; The leverage ratio; Potential impact on SME lending; Figure 3.1. Sources of SME external finance, 2010

Impact of the risk weighting systemBox 3.1. Credit risk mitigation; Figure 3.2. Bank adjustments implemented to meet Basel III: Capital position, 2011; Figure 3.3. Bank adjustments implemented to meet Basel III: Risk-weighted assets, 2011; Impact of the liquidity coverage ratio; The debate at the national level: perspectives from countries in the OECD Scoreboard on SME and entrepreneurship finance; Box 3.2. The impact of Basel III in Denmark; Notes; References; Chapter 4. Country Profiles of SME Financing 2007-10; Canada; Small business lending

Table 4.1. Distribution of establishments in Canada, 2010Figure 4.1. Debt financing by source of funding, 2010; Figure 4.2. Business debt outstanding in Canada, 2000-10; Small business loans authorised vs. requested; Small business credit conditions; Equity financing; Table 4.2. Venture and growth capital in Canada, 2007-10; Business insolvencies; Government policy response; Box 4.1. Definition of small businesses used in Canada's SME and entrepreneurship finance Scoreboard; Table 4.3. Financing SMEs and entrepreneurs: Scoreboard for Canada, 2007-10

Figure 4.3. Trends in SME and entrepreneurship finance in Canada

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-64-16676-9

OCLC:

789716512