TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Mediatory Role of Access to Finance Between Finance Awareness and SMEs Performance in Nigeria
AU - Shamsudeen, Kabir AU - Keat, O.O.I. Yeng AU - Hassan, Hazlinda 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 10
IS  - 18
SP  - 4304
EP  - 4310
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2016.4304.4310
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2016.4304.4310
KW  - Finance awareness
KW  -access to finance
KW  -SMEs
KW  -SME’s performance
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - 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.
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