Flash Eurobarometer 271 (Access to Finance)

• Main Author: Papacostas, Antonis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4232/1.10216; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5211?lang=en; https://search.gesis.org/research_data/ZA5211?lang=de

Access to finance of small and medium enterprises. Topics: most important problem of the company; introduction (in the last twelve months) of new or significantly improved: products or services, production processes, organisational methods, marketing strategies; development of the following indicators in the last six months: turnover, labour cost, other cost, net interest expenses, profit, mark up; development of the amount of debt compared to the assets in the last six months; use of selected sources of financing in the last six months: internal funds, grants from public sources, bank or credit cards overdraft, bank loan, trade credit, other loan, leasing, issue of debt securities, subordinated loans, equity issuance, other; development of the need for the following types of external financing in the last six months: bank loans, trade credit, equity investment, issue of debt securities, other; impact of selected issues on the company’s need for external financing in the last six months: fixed investment, inventories and working capital, internal funds, corporate restructuring; application for selected sources of external financing in the last six months: bank loan, trade credit, other; success of the application for the aforementioned means of financing: received all financing requested, received only part of the financing requested, refused because of too high cost, refusal of application; development of the availability of the following means of financing for the own company over the last six months: bank loans, trade credit, equity investments, issue of debt securities, other; development of selected issues regarding terms and conditions of bank financing: level of interest rates, level of other cost, available size of loan or credit line, available loan maturity, collateral requirements, other; development of the following factors over the last six months: general economic outlook, access to public financial support, company-specific outlook, company’s capital, company’s credit history, willingness of ...