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Serving SMEs Via the Stock Exchange: Historical Lessons from the Lisbon Stock Exchange

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  • José Rodrigues da Costa
  • Maria Eugénia Mata

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The development of large companies in the western world — many being huge multinational corporations — and the sheer size of their financial needs has given an added importance to tradability, a fact that can clearly be gauged by the recently discovered “high frequency trading” (HFT) operations which are only possible with large issues. Also contributing to the importance of tradability is the recent demutualization of most exchanges during the 1990s, which turned them into for-profit organizations. In fact, large issues of shares or bonds allow economies of scale, and generate experience in listing practices and trading operations, thereby enhancing the profitability of those commercially oriented stock exchanges. Thus, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are now much less attractive to these organizations, as compared to large enterprises (LEs), due to their inherent lack of liquidity and to the economies of scale. We discuss the barriers before SMEs, which require special accommodations to be able to raise stable funds for their development.

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  • José Rodrigues da Costa & Maria Eugénia Mata, 2016. "Serving SMEs Via the Stock Exchange: Historical Lessons from the Lisbon Stock Exchange," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 851-871, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jeciss:v:50:y:2016:i:3:p:851-871
    DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2016.1213593
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