Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises

SMEs, particularly in the manufacturing industry, reportedly face difficulties in accessing funds to finance their capital expenditure and working capital. The various challenges that SMEs face in their access to finance could be eased via the capital market, government financial support and inter-f...

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Main Author:	M.Nurdin, Nabila
Format:	Thesis
Published:	2017
Subjects:	HG3691-3769 Credit Debt Loans Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy
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spelling	my-mmu-ep.71582018-05-25T08:54:01Z Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises 2017-10 M.Nurdin, Nabila HG3691-3769 Credit. Debt. Loans. Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy SMEs, particularly in the manufacturing industry, reportedly face difficulties in accessing funds to finance their capital expenditure and working capital. The various challenges that SMEs face in their access to finance could be eased via the capital market, government financial support and inter-firm linkages. Unlike SMEs in the technology or services industry, manufacturing SME are less likely to gain from the startup funds such as equity crowdfunding, angel investing, or venture capital. In year 2015, only 15.4% out of RM 71.9 billion financing was channelled to manufacturing SME, compared to 61% channelled to SMEs in the services sector. SMEs are also told not be too dependent on government loans and instead improve their creditworthiness. This study aims to explore the roles of inter-firm linkages and their influence on improving SME access to finance and its creditworthiness (measured by 5C’s of credit). For Malaysia, a majority (93.8%) of the companies in the manufacturing sector are SMEs and they contribute to the total Malaysian GDP thus this study will bring significant contribution to the body of knowledge with regards to SME’s access to finance. 2017-10 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/7158/ http://library.mmu.edu.my/diglib/onlinedb/dig_lib.php masters Multimedia University Faculty of Management
institution	Multimedia University
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topic	HG3691-3769 Credit Debt Loans Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy
spellingShingle	HG3691-3769 Credit Debt Loans Including credit institutions, credit instruments, consumer credit, bankruptcy M.Nurdin, Nabila Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
description	SMEs, particularly in the manufacturing industry, reportedly face difficulties in accessing funds to finance their capital expenditure and working capital. The various challenges that SMEs face in their access to finance could be eased via the capital market, government financial support and inter-firm linkages. Unlike SMEs in the technology or services industry, manufacturing SME are less likely to gain from the startup funds such as equity crowdfunding, angel investing, or venture capital. In year 2015, only 15.4% out of RM 71.9 billion financing was channelled to manufacturing SME, compared to 61% channelled to SMEs in the services sector. SMEs are also told not be too dependent on government loans and instead improve their creditworthiness. This study aims to explore the roles of inter-firm linkages and their influence on improving SME access to finance and its creditworthiness (measured by 5C’s of credit). For Malaysia, a majority (93.8%) of the companies in the manufacturing sector are SMEs and they contribute to the total Malaysian GDP thus this study will bring significant contribution to the body of knowledge with regards to SME’s access to finance.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	M.Nurdin, Nabila
author_facet	M.Nurdin, Nabila
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title	Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
title_short	Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
title_full	Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
title_fullStr	Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
title_full_unstemmed	Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises
title_sort	inter-firm linkages, creditworthiness and access to finance in malaysian manufacturing small medium enterprises
granting_institution	Multimedia University
granting_department	Faculty of Management
publishDate	2017
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Inter-Firm Linkages, Creditworthiness And Access To Finance In Malaysian Manufacturing Small Medium Enterprises

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