Effect of the financial crisis on investments and alternative financing sources of SMEs in the Netherlands

The recent financial crisis not only affected the financial sector but also the whole economy. The crisis caused many countries to experience a major decline in economic output and the usual consequences associated with a recession. The Dutch economy has also not been fully immune from the crisis’s adverse effects. Thus, policy makers, regulators and practitioners alike are very much curious and concerned with the effect of the crisis on small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), given the fact that they are the influential growth driver of the real economy. This thesis will certainly crunch t... Mehr ...