Search for dissertations about: "Bank financing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 swedish dissertations containing the words Bank financing.

2. 1. Bank branches and Entrepreneurship : A spatial analysis of new firm formation in Swedish regions and industries in a changing financial landscape

   Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Mikaela Backman; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; GWR; Sweden; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. READ MORE

4. 2. Accessibility to bank branches and entrepreneurial dynamics : New firm formation and capital structure of SMEs in Sweden amidst a changing banking landscape

   Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Jonas Gabrielsson; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; capital structure; leverage; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; Sweden; Startup; entreprenörskap; kapitalstruktur; finansiering; bankkontor; närhet; spatialanalys; Sverige; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the impact of accessibility to bank branches on new firm formation and on the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden. In this thesis, the accessibility to bank branches is measured by two proxies that are weighted by two different types of population—the labour population and the firm population. READ MORE

5. 3. Credit risk assessment in different contexts : The influence of local networks for bank financing of SMEs

   Author : Lars Silver; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; Credit risk assessments; Local networks; Bank financing; SMEs; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : The Swedish banking crisis a decade ago was ultimately caused by the banks' failure in their assessments of the credit-risk of firms. Since then, Swedish banks have tried different organizational structures in order to safeguard the lending process. READ MORE

6. 4. Essays on Firms' Financing and Investment Decisions

   Author : Valeriia Dzhamalova; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Capital structure; Banks; R D Investment; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Bank Debt; Bank Risk; Borrowers;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how the capital structures of financial and non-financial firms affect each other and how shocks in the financial sector affect investments in non-financial firms. The thesis consists of three self-contained essays. READ MORE

7. 5. Financing of Innovation in SMEs

   Author : Linda Dastory; Hans Lööf; Andreas Stephan; Christian Thomann; Agostino Manduchi; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial constraints; SMEs and innovation capability; Productivity; Funding mix; Bank regulation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : This licentiate thesis consist of two essays. Both essays deal with corporate finance and its impact on innovation investment. In the first essay we use German Community Innovation Survey to identify financially constrained firms. READ MORE