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
Fostering the use of intangibles to strengthen SME access to finance
The document sets out how intangible assets can be relevant for SMEs to obtain external funding; the challenges and opportunities in this area; and the rationale for policy intervention. It provides some policy trends from a selected group of countries and concludes with some issues to be considered by governments to foster the use of intangibles for SME access to finance. It is part of the 2017-18 Programme of Work and Budget of the Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE).
Keywords: SME finance, Intangible assets, Innovation
JEL:
G32: Financial Economics / Corporate Finance and Governance / Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill;
L26: Industrial Organization / Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior / Entrepreneurship
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