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Simulationsbasierte Investitionsentscheidungen in österreichischen und deutschen KMUs - Handlungsspielräume unter Risikoaspekten

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  • Alexander Brauneis
  • Alexandra Rausch

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KMUs sowohl in Österreich als auch in Deutschland werden in ihren Entscheidungen zur Finanzierung von Investitionen traditionell durch eine niedrige Eigenkapitalausstattung limitiert, die üblicherweise höhere Risikozuschläge von Fremdkapitalgebern - allen voran Banken - und somit teurere Kredite nach sich zieht. Da sich die ohnehin angespannte Finanzierungssituation von KMUs durch die Finanzkrise noch verschlechtert hat, sind KMUs aufgrund des limitierten Handlungsspielraums mit größeren Finanzierungsproblemen konfrontiert und in höherem Maße existenzgefährdet als Großunternehmen. Umso bedeutender ist es für KMUs, das zur Verfügung stehende begrenzte Kapital so einzusetzen, dass die Liquidität des Unternehmens kurz- und langfristig gesichert und der Erfolg maximiert wird. -- In diesem Beitrag werden die Liquiditäts- und Erfolgswirkung von Entscheidungen über die Kapitalstruktur und das Risiko bei Investitionen untersucht. Mittels Monte-Carlo-Simulation soll gezeigt werden, wie sich hinsichtlich der Zielgrößen Liquidität und Erfolg suboptimale Entscheidungen und Fehlinterpretationen der Vorteilhaftigkeit von Investitionsprojekten ergeben und sich die Insolvenzgefahr für KMUs erhöhen kann. / When making decisions about capital investments, SMEs in both Austria and Germany are traditionally restricted by a low equity base that usually causes high risk premiums imposed by creditors - particularly banking institutions - and by expensive loans. Since the financial crisis has further enhanced the already tensed financial situation of SMEs, SMEs are more frequently confronted by difficulties in financing and more likely threatened in their existence. For this reason it is even more important for SMEs to allocate limited capital funds in a way that both the short- and long-term liquidity is ensured and profits are maximized. -- In this article we analyze the impact of decisions about the capital structure and the risk of an investment on liquidity and profit. By employing a Monte-Carlo simulation we aim to show how suboptimal decisions and misinterpretations with regard to target figures such as liquidity and profit occur and how the risk of insolvency might increase for SMEs.

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  • Alexander Brauneis & Alexandra Rausch, 2013. "Simulationsbasierte Investitionsentscheidungen in österreichischen und deutschen KMUs - Handlungsspielräume unter Risikoaspekten," ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 61(4), pages 265-290.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v61_y2013_i4_q4_p265-290
    DOI: 10.3790/zfke.61.4.265
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