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Barriers to Growth in SMEs

In: Venture Capital, Islamic Finance and SMEs

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  • Mansoor Durrani
  • Grahame Boocock

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This chapter deals with the barriers to growth faced by SMEs. The focus here is on financing issues because access to credit, especially for new investment, has been a recurring constraint on the growth and development of smaller enterprises across the globe (Levy, 1993; Parker et al., 1995). The chapter then discusses other barriers affecting the SME sector, for example: the issues of critical concern for UK SMEs over recent years have been not only the cost and availability of finance but also market-related factors, namely the threat of competition and/or lack of demand (Burns, 2001). Finally, the chapter draws together the arguments as to why governments choose to intervene to assist SMEs.

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  • Mansoor Durrani & Grahame Boocock, 2006. "Barriers to Growth in SMEs," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Venture Capital, Islamic Finance and SMEs, chapter 3, pages 20-34, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-62625-6_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230626256_3
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