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TY - JOUR
T1 - Institutional transition and the financing of high-tech SMEs in China
T2 - a longitudinal perspective
AU - Xiao, Li
AU - North, David
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - This article examines changes in Chinese high-tech SMEs’ access to both bank and informal finance in response to the institutional changes relating to the private sector and financial transactions. It draws upon two rounds of face-to-face interviews with the owners of high-tech SMEs and finance providers in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi covering two consecutive time periods: from 1998 to 2004 and then from 2004 to 2009. The findings show that the effects of the changes in institutional regulations on the availability of finance to high-tech SMEs vary according to the type of finance provider. Access to informal sources of finance grew, including to longer-term equity finance, whereas that to bank finance did not significantly improve.
AB - This article examines changes in Chinese high-tech SMEs’ access to both bank and informal finance in response to the institutional changes relating to the private sector and financial transactions. It draws upon two rounds of face-to-face interviews with the owners of high-tech SMEs and finance providers in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi covering two consecutive time periods: from 1998 to 2004 and then from 2004 to 2009. The findings show that the effects of the changes in institutional regulations on the availability of finance to high-tech SMEs vary according to the type of finance provider. Access to informal sources of finance grew, including to longer-term equity finance, whereas that to bank finance did not significantly improve.
KW - institutional transition
KW - access to finance
KW - high-tech SMEs
KW - China
U2 - 10.1080/13691066.2012.688578
DO - 10.1080/13691066.2012.688578
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 269
EP - 287
JO - Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
JF - Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance
SN - 1369-1066
IS - 4
ER -