Revenue-based financing

• Autor(a) principal: Félix, João Carlos Pinto Santos Pereira
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/20645
• topic: Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

This dissertation has the purpose to introduce the concept of Revenue-based Financing to the academic literature and to assess its characteristics by studying the existent capital structure theories and comparing it with traditional financing options. This type of firm funding has been used in diverse industries but has not been widely available for use. In recent years there has been an increase in the firms providing this financing instrument. It is thus important to understand if this instrument is important to improve the access to financing and support the growth of certain firms. Existent literature and data have proved that it is not desirable for all firms to choose between equity and debt due to ownership and control issues or even due to different costs. Also in terms of access of financing, mainly for SMEs, revenue-based financing can be an instrument improving it by closing the gap between equity and debt financing enabling firms to take rapidly investment opportunities and bolster their growth. The real cases studied in this dissertation vary substantially in the terms agreed such as the collateral needed, the incidence of the costs of financing or other requirements made by the investors. Hence, it is very difficult to develop a unique framework for this type of financing, as each firm is a unique case. My research leads to the conclusion that Revenue-based financing should be used as a complementary tool and that, in fact, there is a need for this type of financing.