Kabir  Shamsudeen, O.O.I. Yeng  Keat, Hazlinda  Hassan, 
    The Mediatory Role of Access to Finance Between Finance Awareness and SMEs Performance in Nigeria,
    International Business Management,
    Volume 10,Issue 18,
    2016,
    Pages 4304-4310,
    ISSN 1993-5250,
    ibm.2016.4304.4310,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.4304.4310)
    Abstract: The study intents to determine the effects of access to finance on finance awareness and SMEs performance relationship in Nigeria. The study adopts quantitative survey method, the data collected from the SME’s owner/managers in Sokoto metropolis of North-Western Nigeria. Total of 103 questionnaires were distributed, 74 usable questionnaires were returned. The data ware analyzed using Partial Least Squares structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The result indicates that, finance awareness is statistically significant with the SMEs performance. It was also found that access to finance fully mediates the relationship between finance awareness and SMEs performance. Future research also suggested in this study.
    Keywords: Finance awareness;access to finance;SMEs;SME’s performance;Malaysia