SME Financing Data Initiative
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SME Financing in Canada, 2002
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Part One – Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Canada
Appendix B Bibliography
Part One – Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Canada
- Debt Financing
- Demand for Debt Financing: Contributing Factors
- Debt Financing: Application and Approval Rates
- Demand for Debt by Type of Institution
- Reasons Requests for Debt are Rejected
- Types of Instruments most Required
- Conditions for Accessing Financing: Collateral
- Conditions for Accessing Debt: Documentation and Application Process
- Leasing
- Risk Capital
- Other Sources of Financing
- A – Profiles of SMEs and Entrepreneurs
- B – Demographic Factors
- Background
- Design and Implementation of the SME Financing Data Initiative
- Planning and Priorities for Improved Data Collection
- Topics of Specialized Studies and Research
Appendix B Bibliography
