Factors that influence the availability and accessibility of the finance to the Tanzanian small and medium enterprises (SME)

dc.contributor.author	Sinare, S.
dc.date.accessioned	2026-06-10T08:27:44Z
dc.date.available	2026-06-10T08:27:44Z
dc.date.issued	2007-11
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32589
dc.description	Text in English with an abstract and no authors keywords	en
dc.description.abstract	This paper examines the factors that influence the availability and accessibility of external finance to small & medium enterprises. Using a sample of 232 credit files of 8 commercial banks in Tanzania, we find that, SME Credit decision making in Tanzania is positively influenced by a firm's - size, equity, profitability, length of relationship with bank and negatively influenced to the firm's - levels of existing debt, gearing rations, loan amount & tenor.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 64 pages, 17 unnumbered pages): illustrations (black and white), map	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Small business -- Tanzania	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Business enterprises -- Tanzania	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Economic development -- Tanzania	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Income distribution -- Tanzania	en
dc.subject.other	UCTD	en
dc.title	Factors that influence the availability and accessibility of the finance to the Tanzanian small and medium enterprises (SME)
dc.description.department	Graduate School of Business Leadership	en
dc.description.degree	M.B.L.	en

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