Research Paper

Exploring the success and barriers to SME access to finance and its potential role in achieving growth.

ERC Research Paper No 53 ( Revised )

Associated Themes
  • Finance

Exploring the success and barriers to SME access to finance and its potential role in achieving growth
What are the potential growth impacts of external finance on UK SMEs? Who seeks it, who gets it, and who is discouraged? Drawing on analysis of the 2015 UK Longitudinal Small Business Survey of 15,502 SMEs and interviews with six senior staff from Oxford Innovation who provide finance support to high growth firms, we provide robust contemporary evidence and key policy implications.


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