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Title: | The Effect Of Financial Information Quality On Ability To Access External Funds And Performance Of SMEs In Thailand | Contributor(s): | Sarapaivanich, Naruanard (author); Kotey, Bernice Adei (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | DOI: | 10.1142/S0218495806000143 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/2996 | Abstract: | Several factors have been identified in the literature as affecting SME performance, in particular ability to access finance. Access to finance is in turn influenced by variables in both the enterprise's internal and external environment. It is held that SMEs are unable to access external finance because they are not investment ready. They lack the necessary information and knowledge of their businesses to approach finance providers or to be successful in accessing funds if they do. Face-to-face interviews using structured questionnaire were conducted to collect primary data from 407 SMEs operating in the trading sector in 3 provinces- Bangkok, Chiang-Mai and Khon-Kan. Results of the structural equation modelling (SEM) reveal that quality of financial information has significant positive effect on performance and on owner-managers' perception of their ability to access external capital. A significant positive effect of their perception of ability to access capital on performance was also found. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Enterprising Culture, 14(3), p. 219-239 | Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Place of Publication: | Singapore | ISSN: | 1793-6330 0218-4958 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 220101 Bioethics (human and animal) | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950407 Social Ethics | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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