- PhD student
- 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
- Ticket information
Due to the coronavirus, the defence will take place online. You can follow the proceedings via ISS Livestream.
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.
Download the thesis abstracts
Doctoral board
Chair
Doctoral dissertation supervisor
Co-supervisor
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