Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the growth-profitability nexus among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The data comprise 106,884 observations covering 26,721 Swedish SMEs in six industry sectors over the 2008-2011 period. The data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the impact of credit supply on sales growth among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The three-stage least square (3SLS) method was used to analyse a cross-sectional panel data set...

Purpose – This study aims to empirically examine the applicability of the life cycle model of firm performance to growth and profitability among Swedish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – Using analysis of variance, multiple analysis of variance and...

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 – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of trade credit as a funding source on profitability among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – A large cross-sectional panel data set covering 15,897 Swedish SMEs in five industry sectors from...

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...