OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Papers
The series provides comparative evidence and analysis on SME and entrepreneurship performance and trends and on a broad range of policy areas, including SME financing, innovation, productivity, skills, internationalisation, and others.
- ISSN: 26164353 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/f493861e-en
Alternative Financing Instruments for SMEs and Entrepreneurs
The case of capital market finance
The present report analyses the extent to which capital markets have provided capital to SMEs since the GFC, focusing on three kinds of financial instruments that have proven especially important in providing finance to SMEs undergoing major transitions during the past few years: Private Equity; Private Debt; and Collective Investment Vehicles.
Keywords: SME finance, capital markets, financial crisis, growth finance
JEL:
L26: Industrial Organization / Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior / Entrepreneurship;
G32: Financial Economics / Corporate Finance and Governance / Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
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