Miwako Nitani, University of Ottawa

Research

small business lending entrepreneurial growth cooperative banks credit guarantee scheme scarcity financial decisions necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship small business growth and survival

Latest funding

Scarcity and Financial Decisions: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$52,594
Scarcity and Financial Decisions: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$9,000
Drawing upon the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: SMEs, Capital Suppliers, and Public Policy
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$80,445

All 6 grants and awards

Scarcity and Financial Decisions: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nitani, Miwako

Keywords: scarcity; financial decisions; necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship; small business growth and survival

$52,594

Scarcity and Financial Decisions: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nitani, Miwako

Keywords: scarcity; financial decisions; necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship; small business growth and survival

$9,000

Drawing upon the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: SMEs, Capital Suppliers, and Public Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nitani, Miwako

Keywords: entrepreneurial growth; small business lending; cooperative banks; credit guarantee scheme

$80,445

Growth Aspirations, Financing and Strategies: Outcomes among SMEs

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Nitani, Miwako

Keywords: growth; small business lending; growth aspiration; entrepreneur attributes; gender; minority groups

$24,000

Financial Crises, Credit Guarantees, and Financing for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nitani, Miwako

Keywords: (1) Financing of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises; (2) Credit Guarantee Schemes; (3) Financial Crisis; (4) Credit Crunch; (5) Government Initiative

$33,101

Financing and the growth of SMEs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Riding, Allan

Keywords: SME; commercial lending; growth; innovation; internationalization

$82,070

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: small business lending Dear Professor Nitani, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on small business lending connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Scarcity and Financial Decisions: Necessity and Opportunity Entrepreneurs" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]