Financing small and medium size enterprises – case study MML Resources Ltd.

Abstract

MML-Resources Ltd. is developing their business and a part of the development requires capital. The aim of the thesis is to find the most suitable capital provider for the company’s needs. Earlier knowledge for the research has been required during the writer studies in TAMK and working in the target company as chairman of the board and CEO. Working method for this thesis has been information retrieval from the Internet and several capital providers, by meetings, asking offers and telephone negotiations. Because of the critical nature of information to target company’s operations and competition ability, some of the sources are classified.

Main findings from this research are that there is not many capital sources offering capital to small and medium size enterprises during these times. In addition existing personal contacts are important when acquiring capital to the target company.

This research offers limited information on the subject, because of the limitations set by the size of the target company and the business field it operates in. For this reason more extensive research on the matter should be done by an outside source.