title: The Development of Financial Environment of Small- and Medium-Sized Companies in Estonia: The Accessibility to Financing and Hedging Financial Risks
reg no: ETF6630
project type: Estonian Science Foundation research grant
subject: 5.1. Economics
status: accepted
institution: TU Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
head of project: Mart Sõrg
duration: 01.01.2006 - 31.12.2009
description: In the frame of research project, the provision of Estonian SMEs with financial resources will be monitored, the problems and their sources concerning Estonian SMEs financing will be find out and possible solutions for implementation on the level of enterprises, financial makrets, financial intermediaries and government will be offered. The decrease of financing problems allows to increase the activity of entrepreneurship and to create new enterprises in Estonia, contributing to achive high economic growth and empolyment. Taking into consideration an important role of SMEs in the economic life in rural areas, the decrease of financing problems of SMEs will help to achive also the goals of regional policy of the republic.

project group
no name institution position  
1.Meelis Angerma 
2.Nadežda Ivanova 
3.Andres Juhkam 
4.Jana Kask 
5.Kaia Kask 
6.Margus Kõomägi 
7.Olga Luštšik 
8.Vambola Raudsepp 
9.Priit Sander 
10.Mart SõrgTartu Ülikool 
11.Janek Uiboupin