Purpose This paper aims to empirically investigate the existence of dynamic capital structure among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across their life cycle stages. Design/methodology/approach The analysis examined a sample of 15,952 SMEs across five industry sectors for the 2009-2012...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between debt level and performance among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Unlike the vast majority of previous research, this study uses three-stage least squares (3SLS) and...

Purpose This paper aims to empirically investigate the capital structure determinants of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a particular focus on short- and long-term debt. Design/methodology/approach Several methods were used to analyse a sample of 15,897 Swedish SMEs for which...