Harry Entebang

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between four important corporate governance mechanisms (board size, board composition, CEO/chairman duality and audit committee) and two firm performance measures (return on equity, ROE, and profit margin, PM), for a sample of 30 Pakistani listed firms between 2008 and 2009.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the sources of SME firm financing, conceptualize its financing challenges, source causes, with objectives to exploit the innovative ways to improve financing provision via crowdsourcing of financing and necessity to provide a regulatory environment that will support it for the growth and advancement of SMEs prospectively.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the relationship between government policies and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance in Nigeria and offered some relevant recommendations to policy makers, entrepreneurs, and SME managers to ensure the appropriate scheme to improve the SME sector in Nigeria.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between four important corporate governance mechanisms (board size, board composition, CEO/chairman duality and audit committee) and two firm performance measures (return on equity, ROE, and profit margin, PM), for a sample of 30 Pakistani listed firms.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the level of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) business owners -managers' financial literacy and its impact on firm's performance and found that financial knowledge and awareness of SME business owners are not a prerequisite for the performance of SMEs, but entrepreneur characteristics in decision-making and relationship to financial attitude have a comparison with financial literacy.