PhD defence by William Orie

PhD student
William Orie
Date
Monday 7 Dec 2020, 10:00 - 12:00
Type
PhD defence
Spoken Language
English
Room
This defence will take place online
Location
International Institute of Social Studies
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William Orie
William Orie

On 7 December 2020, William Orie will defend his PhD thesis entitled 'Obstacles to Financing Facing Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Firms in Suriname: A study from a small-state perspective'.

This study investigates the extent and nature of the obstacles to financing faced by micro, small, and medium-sized firms (MSMEs) in Suriname, and does so from a small-state perspective. It is motivated by the sheer lack of studies on this topic for Suriname, while there are indications that obstacles to financing suppress the growth of MSMEs. Moreover, despite a rich existing literature on such obstacles with regard to MSMEs, the small-state perspective remains under-researched.

The study includes a unique, firm-level survey in Paramaribo, Suriname. The results of this survey indicate that MSMEs mainly use internal financial resources, commercial banks and private capital to finance their working and investment capital. Commercial banks are the most important source of external financing for firms in the country.

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    Doctoral board

    Chair

    Professor Inge Hutter

    Doctoral dissertation supervisor

    Professor Mansoob Murshed

    Co-supervisor

    Dr Elissaios Papyrakis

    Members of the Full Doctoral Committee

    Dr Robert Read, Lancaster University

    Professor David Bailey, University of Birmingham

    Professor David Dickinson, University of Birmingham

    Dr Anthony Caram, Anton de Kom University of Suriname

    Dr Georgina Gomez, ISS

    Dr Lorenzo Pellegrini, ISS

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