This paper presents empirical evidence on the financial characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurial SMEs, both state-owned and private enterprises, listed in the Chinese stock markets during 2006-2009. Building on exta...This paper presents empirical evidence on the financial characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurial SMEs, both state-owned and private enterprises, listed in the Chinese stock markets during 2006-2009. Building on extant literature and using a parametric approach on 359 sample SMEs for 2006-2009 period, the study examines the financial characteristics that are embedded in the financially healthy and unhealthy Chinese SMEs. The findings of the study suggest that financially healthy Chinese SMEs have strength in terms of liquidity, profitability, and leverage ratios as compared to financially unhealthy SMEs with the exception of a few cases in leverage and profitability. These findings are worth noting to understand the uniqueness of financial characteristics of the Chinese SMEs and useful for policy makers to deal with the issues related to financially distressed SMEs in China.展开更多
文摘This paper presents empirical evidence on the financial characteristics of Chinese entrepreneurial SMEs, both state-owned and private enterprises, listed in the Chinese stock markets during 2006-2009. Building on extant literature and using a parametric approach on 359 sample SMEs for 2006-2009 period, the study examines the financial characteristics that are embedded in the financially healthy and unhealthy Chinese SMEs. The findings of the study suggest that financially healthy Chinese SMEs have strength in terms of liquidity, profitability, and leverage ratios as compared to financially unhealthy SMEs with the exception of a few cases in leverage and profitability. These findings are worth noting to understand the uniqueness of financial characteristics of the Chinese SMEs and useful for policy makers to deal with the issues related to financially distressed SMEs in China.