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BOTERO BOTERO, SERGIO; LOPEZ MARTINEZ, DIEGO FERNANDO  y  MARTINEZ MORENO, WILLIAM ALBERTO. FINANCING PROCESS STUDY FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE ENTERPRISES (SME) IN THE TECHNOLOGY-BASED BUSINESS INCUBATOR OF ANTIOQUIA. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2007, vol.74, n.152, pp.39-50. ISSN 0012-7353.

Financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), is a very relevant problem in Colombia . This paper addresses this problem and describes what has happened with the companies incubated in the Technology-Based Business Incubator of Antioquia (IEBTA), Colombia . First, the known forms of financing are described, also a study is made that groups the different companies in which the IEBTA has collaborated; then a survey and statistical analysis methodology is followed, focusing. in three basic points which are: financial instruments known by managers, financial instruments implemented in companies, and characteristics that the entrepreneurs consider important for a financing instrument; Then, a financing matrix for Colombian SMEs is proposed as a result of this research.

Palabras clave : Small and Medium Enterprises (SME´s); Incubator of Enterprises; Technology-Based Enterprises; Financial Instruments; Financing.

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