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Croatian SMEs: Current Stage and Prospect

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  • Ljiljana Viducic

    (University of Split)

  • Snjezana Pivac

    (University of Split)

  • Ana Rimac Smiljanic

    (University of Split)

  • Sandra Pepur

    (University of Split)

Abstract

Small businesses in Croatia are recognized as a locomotive for economic restructuring and increase of rate of employment. Bank credits have become more accessible in Croatia for the SME sector following privatization by foreign banks, which now participate with more than 90 percent in total bank assets of the country. Although foreign banks had a positive impact on the domestic banking market they tended to prefer household and large scale enterprise lending. Besides creating an equity gap, especially for the earlier stage non-technology based SMEs, asymmetric information leads to imperfect lending (credit rationing) even for prospective SMEs with fast revenue growth. SMEs' role in banks lending decreases with bank size: small businesses have dominant place in small banks credit portfolio (cca 50% of credits). Furthermore, small business experience obstacles in assurance of appropriate bank finance. However, there is a trend among larger banks of paying greater attention to small businesses, as well as positive development in the variety of sources used for investment finance.

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  • Ljiljana Viducic & Snjezana Pivac & Ana Rimac Smiljanic & Sandra Pepur, 2009. "Croatian SMEs: Current Stage and Prospect," Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management, vol. 12(4), pages 129-139, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:pep:journl:v:12:y:2009:i:4:p:129-39
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    Keywords

    Finance ; Privatization;

    JEL classification:

    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
    • L25 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Performance
    • P31 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Socialist Enterprises and Their Transitions
    • M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups

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