SME finance is the funding of small and medium sized enterprises‚ and represents a major function of the general business finance market – in which capital for different types of firms are supplied‚ acquired‚ and costed or priced. Capital is supplied through the business finance market in the form of bank loans and overdrafts; leasing and hire-purchase arrangements; equity/corporate bond issues; venture capital or private equity; and asset-based finance such as factoring and invoice discounting.
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References: (Zeller & Meyer‚ 2002). Asian‚ Dr. Yunus began a micro-finance program among women in Bangladesh in 1976‚ following the wide-spread famine in 1974 (Abdulrahman‚ 2007). In 1998‚ it was first time micro finance industry in Somaliland (as cited in Bekkin‚ 2007) program; in 1996‚ SA’ID received its first substantial capital injection from Oxfam America (Saacid Foundation report‚ 2005)
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Legal structure of the business Different businesses depending on their legal structure are able to obtain different sources of finance easier than others. For example a larger company may be able to obtain a loan easier than a smaller business. I will now go on and look at the different legal ownerships are and talk about their financing. Sole traders A sole trader is usually owned and controlled by one person. Small businesses such as sole traders are usually financed by the owner’s own personal
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How should PDVSA finance the development of the Orinoco Basin? What are the costs and benefits of using project finance instead of traditional internal debt finance? PDVSA should think about financing the development of the Orinoco Basin by using project finance. The company (PDVSA) is looking forward to the financing of a public-private “chain” of deals between PDVSA and other foreign organizations that posses technological know-how‚ crude oil marketing capacity and creditworthiness‚ to develop
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Jerry Taylor have‚ if any‚ in this situation? What would you recommend Jerry do at the end of this case‚ and why? First of all‚ it is really important to have a good understanding of the organizational realities and power dynamics in the Perkins Components organisation to be able to evaluate Jerry Taylor’s position in it. By identifying the different power sources available in the organization‚ we can obtain the following “power map”: As we can see in the “map” above‚ Jerry Taylor’s formal
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ITD 1213 Hardware Systems Grade _______ Instructor: Mike. Pierce Steven Harmon: Research Computer Components: Due Date: 09/17/2011 Research Computer Components The Five Components of the PC are: 1. System Unit - The main part of a personal computer. The system unit includes the chassis‚ microprocessor‚ main memory‚ bus‚ and ports‚ but does not include the keyboard or monitor‚ or any peripheral devices. A system unit is sometimes called a box or main unit. 2. Monitor - A
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Project finance Aditya Agarwal Sandeep Kaul Fuqua School of Business Contents The MM Proposition What is a Project? What is Project Finance? Project Structure Financing choices Real World Cases Project Finance: Valuation Issues The MM Proposition The MM Proposition “The Capital Structure is irrelevant as long as the firm’s investment decisions are taken as given” Then why do corporations: Set up independent companies to undertake mega projects and
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INTRODUCTION Companies need to choose from among various sources of finance depending on the amount of capital required and the term for which it is needed. Finance sources can be divided into three categories‚ namely traditional sources‚ ownership capital and non-ownership capital. Traditional sources are the internally generated capital (retained earnings); ownership capital is the capital owned by shareholders of the company (ordinary shares) while non-ownership capital includes funds from lenders
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Sources of finance Some sources of finance are short term and must be paid back within a year. Other sources of finance are long term and can be paid back over many years. Internal sources of finance are funds found inside the business. For example‚ profits can be kept back to finance expansion. Alternatively the business can sell assets that are no longer really needed to free up cash. External sources of finance are found outside the business. For example from creditors or banks. Internal
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Valeria Alvidrez There are 5 components of physical fitness‚ and these components represent how fit the body is as a whole. Some people think that being physically fit means being in good general health. Other people think it means being able to lift a certain amount of weight or being able to run a particular distance in a certain time. There’s actually no single agreed upon definition of physical fitness. One common definition is that physical fitness is a set of attributes that people
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