E, tal como é referido no Prefácio, «The present document is aimed at:
- public bodies in charge of developing or implementing programmes aiming to provide regional/local SMEs access to funding sources;
- business persons looking for an insight into the funding source that is best suited to their needs based on their investment readiness, i.e. how ready they are to accommodate or meet with representatives of the SME finance industry.
The scope of this document goes beyond funding sources as such. Indeed, it also seeks to deal with the tools that support these funding sources in promoting the consolidation of companies once they have accessed finance.
The present document is designed to allow intermediaries to easily adapt it to regional contexts as well as to provide speedy links to additional information about the various concepts it examines. A simple click on the URLs appearing in the document will refer readers to the corresponding sites.
This document is based on the following 4 assumptions:
- entrepreneurs need to realise that any source of finance or any investor is adapted to a phase in the enterprise life cycle;
- investors are looking for good projects, a good return on investment for the risk taken and need an exit route;
- public authorities should concentrate their efforts on enabling access to finance for SMEs. The enabling role of the public authorities needs to address both the supply and the demand side;
- regional markets need to take the form of a value chain supported by a series of advanced support services.»
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