Nguyen, Bach and Nguyen, Phuc Canh (2021). Formal and Informal Financing Decisions of Small Businesses. Small Business Economics, 57 (3), 1545–1567.
Abstract
This study investigates small businesses’ financing decisions. Drawing upon asymmetric information theory, institutional theory and relevant literature on cognitive financial constraints, human capital and social capital, we propose a theoretical framework in which financing determinants come from three dimensions: entrepreneurs’ individual factors, organisational (firm-level) factors and contextual (institutional) factors. We employ this model to distinguish four types of firms: (1) firms that use no external finance, (2) firms that use informal finance only, (3) firms that use formal finance only and (4) firms that use both formal and informal finance. An empirical test on Vietnamese small businesses shows that factors from all three dimensions are important in understanding small businesses’ financing decisions.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00361-9 |
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Divisions: | College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Entrepreneurial finance,Financing strategy,G23,G41,Informal finance,L26,M13,Small business,Vietnam,General Business,Management and Accounting,Economics and Econometrics |
Publication ISSN: | 1573-0913 |
Last Modified: | 04 Oct 2024 07:21 |
Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2020 08:42 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2021-10 |
Published Online Date: | 2020-06-11 |
Accepted Date: | 2020-05-15 |
Authors: |
Nguyen, Bach
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Nguyen, Phuc Canh |
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