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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are essential building blocks of the economy, acting as key players that contribute significantly to increasing added value within the ecosystem. These enterprises play a critical role in economic growth and the expansion of employment opportunities. Enhancing the digital capabilities of SMEs is a crucial step in increasing their competitiveness and ensuring sustainable growth. In this context, the Small and Medium Industry Development Organization (KOSGEB) supports the development of SMEs nationwide through the SME Development Support Program (KOBİGEL), aiming to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs. KOBİGEL, through a call-based approach, supports SMEs to advance in the realms of digital transformation and innovation. The purpose of this study is to establish effective evaluation criteria for KOSGEB’s KOBİGEL support program’s digitalization call and to develop a scoring system. To determine the evaluation criteria, an initial literature review was conducted. The main and sub-evaluation criteria identified based on the research results were then presented to experts, and suitable criteria for the digitalization call were established. Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and the Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method, the scoring for each main criterion was performed. As a result of this evaluation, the Digital Culture and Skills criterion obtained the highest score with 23%, followed by the Technological Infrastructure of the firm with 22%, Digitalization Strategy with 20%, Governance with 17%, and Resource Status for Digitalization with 17%. Thus, evaluation criteria for the digitalization call of the KOBİGEL support program were determined, and a scoring system was established. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and medium-sized enterprises have many unique features that distinguish them from large businesses. Because of these features, the management and financing of these companies also differ. Due to different financing sources and different financial management "Entrepreneurial Finance" has emerged and has addressed the financing decisions of entrepreneurs. This study attempts to explain the development of entrepreneurial financing in Turkey. It also discusses the emergence of new sources of funding, such as entrepreneurial indices created for small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, it compares the German Entrepreneurial Index with Borsa Istanbul Emerging Companies Market, and highlights common and different aspects of these two indices. It is concluded that entrepreneurial indices help small and mid-sized companies to access external funding. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the basis of economic and social development in our country as in all over the world. SMEs need to measure their performance regularly in order to achieve sustainable growth and to sustain their existence in the competitive environment. In this study, the financial performances of the enterprises included in the BIST SME Index are analyzed by using the MACBETHCOPRAS methods. The criteria are weighted by the MACBETH method and financial performance values and rankings are obtained by COPRAS method. According to the results of the MACBETH, it is concluded that the most important criteria are return on assets, return on sales, and current ratio;the least important criteria are leverage ratio, current asset turnover ratio and fixed asset turnover ratio. According to the results of the COPRAS, the best performing enterprices are RTA, Politeknik and Vanet. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Micro, Small, and Medium-size enterprises might evolve development processes, experience different evolving stages and because they are privately held, might lead them to change financial priorities, choice and capital structures, eventually. The capital structure of firms might be influenced by a variety of factors and internal financing and equity applications might differ. In this study, we surveyed 148 private firms in Manisa and delivered data from 2013-2014 and analyzed capital structures, determined its influencing factors. We find that, (a)the debt structure of firms formed by accounts payable financing intensively (b) auto-financing do not increase by SME scales, (c) the capital structure of SME's are affected by firm size, tangibility, profitability and cost of debt. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and Medium sized enterprises are the most important key determinants to achieve the high sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living for Turkish economy while maintaining financial stability and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy. One of the major problems which creates the poor business environment for SME's is an acces to financing. This study is thought to make contribution to literature by analyzing the alternative methods available to SME's financing and the benefits of capital markets for SME's in Turkey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Banks rely heavily on SMEs (Small and Medium-Sized Entities) and Basel II Accord requires for SMEs transparent financial statements. On the other hand, IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) deals about SMEs for more transparent financial statements either. "Basel II" and "IFRS for SMEs" seem to fit each other. How and in which circumstances will this combination occur is the subject of this article. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) are of great value in our country not only because they make up a significant part of the industry but also they have a dynamic and flexible nature. Yet, due to lack of sufficient equipments and resources, SMEs cause to environmental and waste management problems. Furthermore, environment is one of the most problematic issues of Turkey during the adaptation process to European Union. 14 directives of the acquis communitaire are directly related with waste management. The objective of the study is to search sensitivity of enterprises about environment and waste management, find out their level of waste assessment application and determine the differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]