scholarly journals The Relationship Between Access to Finance and Growth of SMEs in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka: Financial Literacy as a Moderator

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalaipriya Kalaieesan
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals PENGARUH AKSES KEUANGAN TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN UKM DENGAN LITERASI KEUANGAN SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI

2021 ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Made Ayu Desy Geriadi ◽  
Luh Erynayati ◽  
Ni Putu Yuliana Ria Sawitri
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Effect On Growth

This examination means to decide how the role financial literacy in moderating the relationship of access to finance and growth. The area for this exploration held in Denpasar. The quantity of tests taken is 100 small medium enterprise (SMEs), with a likelihood inspecting methods are basic irregular examining. Information examination in this investigation utilized the Partial Least Square (PLS) approach. PLS is a condition model for Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) in view of parts or variations. This examination is to get results which expressed that the access to finance has a positive and significant effect on growth of SMEs. Financial literacy has a positive and significant effect on growth of SMEs. Financial literacy moderates the relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL LITERATION IN MODERATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACCESS TO FINANCIAL AND THE GROWTH OF MSMES IN WEST KALIMANTAN PROVINCE – INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Girang Permata Gusti ◽  
Yudis Agustira ◽  
Muhammad Rheza Tawakkal
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Financial Access ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Postal Services ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Descriptive Method

The low rate of financial literacy in West Kalimantan has triggered a study to explore the role of this variable, can it moderate the relationship between financial access and the growth of MSMEs in West Kalimantan Province?. This research uses a descriptive method with an associative research design and 390 MSMEs respondents. The distribution of the questionnaires used postal services, electronic mail, and social media. The results of this study are financial literacy can moderate the relationship between financial access and the growth of MSMEs and financial literacy has a positive and significant effect on the growth of MSMEs. An interesting finding from this research is access to finance has a negative and significant effect on the growth of MSMEs, this result is due to the lack of knowledge of MSMEs about how to manage money obtained from bank loans.

The relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Okello Candiya Bongomin ◽  
Joseph Mpeera Ntayi ◽  
John C. Munene ◽  
Charles Akol Malinga
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the moderating effect of financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and growth of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing economies. Thus, this study seeks to establish whether financial literacy moderates the relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in a developing economy like Uganda. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional research design was used in the study and data were collected from 169 SMEs located in Jinja and Iganga central markets. ModGraph (excel programme) was used to test for the moderating effect of financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies. Findings The findings reveal a positive and significant moderating effect of financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies. In addition, financial literacy and access to finance also have significant and positive effects on growth of SMEs in developing economies. Research limitations/implications The study collected data from only SMEs located in Uganda, and there is an opportunity to test this finding in other developing economies. Furthermore, the findings from the study are based on quantitative data collected through use of semi-structured questionnaires. Besides, the study was purely cross-sectional; hence, it ignores the characteristics of SMEs, which could be investigated using a longitudinal study design. Practical implications The study highlights the importance of financial literacy in promoting access to finance, which is necessary for the growth of SMEs in developing economies. Owners of SMEs could attend financial literacy programmes provided by entrepreneurial skill development organizations to enable them to acquire financial knowledge and skills to make wise and better financial decisions and choices. Originality/value The study contributes to existing international entrepreneurship literature by indicating the moderating effect of financial literacy in the relationship between access to finance and growth of SMEs in developing economies. The study shows that for SMEs to access finance to grow there is a need for financial literacy that promotes effective and efficient use of loans/credits. SMEs in developing economies need financial literacy, which helps them make wise financial decisions and choices before accessing financial services like loans.

scholarly journals Access to Finance and Performance of Small Firms in South Africa: the Moderating Effect of Financial Literacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Olawale Fatoki
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

The failure rate of small medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) is very high in SouthAfrica. One of the challenges faced by SMMEs is inaccessibility to external finance. There is ageneral low level of financial literacy amongst small business owners in South Africa leading to illinformed financial decisions. Financial literacy is an important knowledge resource for financialdecision-making but little research has focused on how financial literacy affects the performance ofSMMEs. The aim of the study was to examine if financial literacy moderates the relationship betweenaccess to finance and performance of SMMEs in South Africa. The cross-sectional survey methodwas used for data collection in a quantitative study. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation andhierarchical regression were used for data analysis. The Cronbach’s alpha was used as a measure ofreliability. The findings indicated that the relationship between access to finance and financial literacyis significant. The findings also showed that financial literacy moderates the relationship betweenaccess to finance and performance of SMMEs. Empirically, the study added to the body of literatureon financial literacy, access to finance and performance of SMMEs. Practically, recommendations toimprove the financial literacy of SMMEs are suggested.

THE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH LEGAL CHANNELS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN FOUR ASIA PACIFIC COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
Muhamad Marwan
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study is to determine the impact of networking on SME’s ability to access government financial support through legal channels in Asia Pacific. This study is quantitative in nature in which the data has been gathered from 281 employees and managers working in SMEs through survey questionnaire. The SEM technique was utilised for the purpose of analysing and testing the mediation effect. The study found that there is a partial mediation of government financial support through legal channels among the relationship between networking with officers and access to finance. This study is restricted to the SMEs operating in the region of Asia Pacific.

Moderating Effect of Access to Finance and Competitive Environment on Human Capital, Knowledge Management, Market Orientation and SMES Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-105
Author(s):  
Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff ◽  
Khansa Masood ◽  
Halim Mad Lazim
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Leather Industry ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Economic Development And Growth ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as foundation stones of economic development and growth of any economy (Centobelli, Cerchione, & Esposito, 2019). Performance of SMEs is of fundamental significance for all developed as well as developing nations. Similarly, Pakistan is no exception to aforementioned fact. The economic development and growth of Pakistan depend on the performance of SMEs to a great extent. Like, most countries in the world, SMEs comprise more than 90% of total business entities in Pakistan (Degong et al., 2018; Waqas & Nawaz, 2019) and leather industry in one that is attracted by the researchers of present study. Constraints in the growth of leather industry of Pakistan include, lack of skilled human capital, rising cost of production, lack of modern-day knowledge about new products and processes, low profitability and lack of capability to penetrate into international markets, lack of market research, access to finance, intensive competitive rivalry (Khalique et al., 2011; Daily Times, 2016, Awan et al., 2019). Few studies have revealed mixed findings regarding the relationship between knowledge management and firm performance and there is abundance of literature that demonstrates the presence of significant and positive relationship between Market Orientation and Firm performance (Slater & Narver , 1995; Baker & Sinkula, 2009; Udriyah, Tham, & Azam, 2019). On the other hand, some studies have argued that there is no direct and significant relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance (Polat & Mutlu, 2012; Shehu & Mahmood, 2014). Moreover, keeping in view the mixed and inconclusive findings regarding the relationship between cause and effect variables, it is appropriate to introduce moderating variables that can significantly influence the relationship between independent and dependent variables as recommended by Baron and Kenny (1986). Access to Finance and Competitive Environment can be served as prospective moderators which are quite appropriately related to proposed variables of the study (Prajogo & Oke, 2016; Rogo et al., 2016; Jaworski & Kohli, 1993) which are quite appropriately related to selected variables of the study. Thus, the research problem expressed that "Access to finance and competitive environment can potentially moderates and affect the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Hence, based on the past literature and aforementioned discussion, the present study intended to examine the moderating effects of Access to Finance and Competitive Environment on the Relationship between Human Capital, Knowledge Management, Market Orientation and SMEs Performance in Leather Industry of Pakistan". Keywords: Small medium enterprise, performance, access to finance, competitive environment

The Impact of Financial Literacy on Financial Preparedness for Retirement in the Small and Medium Enterprises Sector in Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 26-41
Author(s):  
Colin Agabalinda ◽  
Alain Vilard Ndi Isoh
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Retirement Preparedness ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Effect Of Age

The study investigated the direct effects of financial literacy (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) on financial preparedness for retirement and the moderating effect of age among the small and medium enterprises in Uganda. Primary data was collected from a sample of n = 380 selected from the SME workforce. Descriptive analysis was run on SPSS, while validity and reliability of the measurement items yielded satisfactory composite reliability scores and average variance explained (AVE) scores for all items. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to test the hypotheses and multi-group analysis conducted to test for the moderating effect of age on the relationship between financial literacy and retirement preparedness. The results revealed that knowledge and skills were significant predictors of retirement preparedness. However, ‘attitude' was not a significant predictor, and age had no moderating effect on the relationship between the study variables. These findings present practical implications for policymakers and financial educators in a developing country context.

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