Availability and cost of credit for small businesses: customer relationships and credit cooperatives

Article Abstract:

Significant differences have been found on the effects of bank-firm relationships on the availability of credit for a sample of Italian companies. Findings suggest that lending rates tend to increase for all banks except for members of local cooperative banks (CCB) and that CCB members enjoy easier access to credit compared to non members. Findings also support bank capture theories and that main differences in lending stem from banks' ownership structures.

Banking Institutions, Depository Credit Intermediation, Finance, Services, Banks (Finance), Small business, Credit unions, Bank loans

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Measuring the value of strategic alliances in the wake of a financial implosion: evidence from Japan's financial services sector

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The effect of strategic alliances on the value of partnering firms is analyzed based on data from Japanese financial services industry of late 1990s.

Japan, Financial Services, Finance and Insurance, Alliances, partnerships, Partnerships, Capital funds & cash flow, Financial services industry, Partnership, Valuation, Alliances and partnerships

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