Guanxi facilitates interaction between companies and people in Confucian societies. Does this type of social construct still play the key role, when the entrepreneurs live in Western societies? The objective of this article ...

This work aims to understand how entrepreneurs of micro and small business in the neighborhoods Capão Raso and Pinheirinho, located in the city of Curitiba/PR, manage business finances as well as personal, ie, the business ...

This manual is an adaptation of an original publication entitled Starting and Financing a Small Business in Jamaica: A Guide. The guide to starting and financing a small business in Trinidad and Tobago was developed for ...

This research seeks the management through the analysis of the financial indicators of the companies, providing to present data and information about the financial scenario of the companies. It is found that most small and ...

Transaction costs limit the supply of credit to small and medium-sized firms (SMEs). From a sample of 65,535 SME credit proposals submitted to a large Brazilian bank between January 2004 and September 2006, this research ...