Effect of Debt Financing on the Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Abebaw Gualu | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gulilat Lemi | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T05:27:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T05:27:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-05 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study was conducted to examine the effect of debt financing on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises. The study employed explanatory and descriptive research designs in combination and used statistical sampling method to determine the size of the sample and selected sample through convenient sampling method. The study has used return on assets as a dependent variable and independent variables are total debt, long term debt, short term debt, firm size and firm age. Forty six small and medium enterprises selected from Kirkos sub city and five year data collected from SME development office, trade office and revenue office of the sub city. The fixed effect linear regression model was applied to identify the effect of debt financing on the financial performance of SMEs. The result of the study indicates that total debt has positive effect on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises, furthermore the research identified that long term debt has positive effect on the financial performance of small and medium enterprises, in contrast short term debt has negative effect on the financial performance of SMEs. In addition the study also examined that firm size and firm age has a positive effect on the financial performance of SMEs. Finally, the research recommends that SMEs should employ debt financing, specifically long term debts as source of their capital mix, and government and other stakeholders should facilitate access to debt finance sources. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/537 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | A.A.U | |
| dc.subject | Small and Medium Enterprises (SME), Return on Asset (ROA), Debt Financing. | |
| dc.title | Effect of Debt Financing on the Financial Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises | |
| dc.type | Thesis |