Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014 : an OECD scoreboard / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author.

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small business--OECD countries--Finance.

Small business.

Entrepreneurship--OECD countries.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 p.)

Other Title:

Financing SMEs and entrepreneurs 2014 : an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development scoreboard

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Start-ups and small firms continue to face significant obstacles to fulfilling their potential to innovate, grow and create jobs, particularly when it comes to obtaining access to finance. With its 13 core indicators of debt, equity and general market conditions, complemented by a review of government policy measures, Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2014: An OECD Scoreboard documents these financing difficulties and monitors trends in 31 countries, along with government policy responses to deal with these challenges.

Contents:

Acknowledgements; Table of contents; Acronyms and abbreviations; Executive summary; Reader's guide: Indicators and methodology; Table 1.Core indicators in financing SMEs and entrepreneurs 2014; Part I The evolving international framework for SME and entrepreneurship finance; Chapter 1. Recent trends in SME and entrepreneurship finance; Business environment and the macroeconomic context; Table 1.1.Real GDP growth in Scoreboard countries; Figure 1.1.Financial conditions indices in the euro area and the United States; Lending to SMEs; Figure 1.2.Trends in outstanding SME loans 2010-12

Figure 1.3.Trends in outstanding SME loans 2007-12Table 1.2.Growth of SME business loans, 2007-12; Figure 1.4.Growth patterns of outstanding SME loans, 2007-12; Table 1.3.Share of SME loans in total business loans, 2007-12; Table 1.4.Trends in SME loan shares and credit market scenarios, 2011-12; Figure 1.5.Trends in SME loan shares, 2011-12; Credit conditions for SMEs; Figure 1.6.Trends in SME nominal interest rates and interest rate spreads, 2011-12; Figure 1.7.Trends in SME collateral requirements: 2010-12; Evidence from demand-side surveys on credit conditions

Table 1.5.ECB Survey on SME access to financeEquity financing; Table 1.6.Venture and growth capital invested, 2007-12; Payment delays and bankruptcies; Table 1.7.Trends in payment delays 2007-12; Table 1.8.Trends in bankruptcies 2007-12; Summing up and looking ahead; Government responses to the crisis; Table 1.9.Government policy responses to improve access to finance, 2007-12; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Alternative financing instruments: The case of mezzanine finance; The spectrum of financing instruments; Table 2.1.Alternative financing techniques for SMEs and entrepreneurs

What is mezzanine finance?Table 2.2.Comparison of mezzanine finance and other financing techniques; Government support to mezzanine finance; Table 2.3.Typology of public schemes to provide mezzanine finance to SMEs; Conclusions; Notes; References; Part II Country profiles of SME and entrepreneurship financing 2007-12; Austria; Table 3.1.Distribution of firms in Austria, 2010; Figure 3.1.Growth rates of business loans to non-financial corporations in Austria, 2004-13; Figure 3.2.Financial structure of SMEs and large firms in Austria, 2011-12

Figure 3.3.Interest rates for new business loans to non-financial corporations in Austria compared to the ECB interest rate for the main refinancing operations, 2003-13Figure 3.4.Credit standards for Austrian non-financial corporations, 2006-13; Table 3.2.Venture and growth capital investments in Austria, 2007-12; Table 3.3.Government loan guarantees in Austria, 2007-12; Table 3.4.Financing for exporting Austrian SMEs by Österreichischer Exportfonds GmbH; Table 3.5.Risk capital initiatives, Austria; Table 3.6.Scoreboard for Austria, 2007-12

Figure 3.5.Trends in SME and entrepreneurship finance in Austria

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 11, 2014).

ISBN:

9789264208254

9264208259