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Almansour, A., Alrawashdeh, N & Almansour, B. (2019). The impact of capital structure on the performance of microfinance institutions.Management Science Letters , 10(4), 881-888.
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Mahmood, R., & Mohd Rosli, M. (2013). Microcredit position in micro and small enterprise performance: the Malaysian case. Management Research Review, 36(5), 436-453.
Moutray, C. M., & Clark, M. (2004). The Future of Small Business in the US Federal Marketplace. Journal of Public Pro-curement, 4(3), 450-470.
Muteru, B. (2013). The effect of microfinance institutions on growth of women owned enterprises: A case study of Kenya Women Finance Trust in Kikuyu Township. International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 1(5), 351-371.
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Ndubisi, N. O. (2008). Small and medium enterprises in the Pacific rim. Arah Pendidikan Sdn Bhd.
Norrman, C. (2008). Entrepreneurship policy: Public support for technology-based ventures (Doctoral dissertation, Lin-köping University Electronic Press).
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Quaddus, M., & Hofmeyer, G. (2007). An investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of B2B trading exchanges in small businesses. European Journal of Information Systems, 16(3), 202-215.
Robson, P. J., & Bennett, R. J. (2000). SME growth: the relationship with business advice and external collabora-tion. Small Business Economics, 15(3), 193-208.
Shane, S. A. (2003). A general theory of entrepreneurship: The individual-opportunity nexus. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Storey, D. J., Keasey, K., Wynarczyk, P., & Watson, R. (1987). The performance of small firms: profits, jobs and fail-ures. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Ref-erence in Entrepreneurship.
Sultana, A., Irum, S., Ahmed, K., & Mehmood, N. (2012). Impact of training on employee performance: A study of tele-communication sector in Pakistan.Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 4(6), 646-661.
Temtime, Z. T., & Pansiri, J. (2004). Small business critical success/failure factors in developing countries: some evi-dences from Botswana.
Ubeda-García, M., Marco-Lajara, B., Sabater-Sempere, V., & García-Lillo, F. (2013). Does training influence organisa-tional performance? Analysis of the Spanish hotel sector. European Journal of Training and Development, 37(4), 380-413.
United nation development program.(2013, January 1). 2013 Jordan poverty reduction strategy.
Wanambisi, A. N., & Bwisa, H. M. (2013). Effects of microfinance lending on business performance: A survey of micro and small enterprises in Kitale municipality, Kenya. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and So-cial Sciences, 3(7), 56.
Wolff, J. A., & Pett, T. L. (2006). Small‐firm performance: Modeling the role of product and process improve-ments. Journal of Small Business Management, 44(2), 268-284.
Yahya, A. Z., Othman, M. S., & Shamsuri, A. L. S. (2012). The impact of training on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. Journal of Professional Management, 2(1), 15-25.
Al-Hyari, K. (2013). Identification of barrier factors and potential solutions to SMEs development among Jordanian man-ufacturing sector. International Journal of Business and Management, 8(24), 132.
Almahrouq, M., Muqabla, E. (2006). Small and medium sized enterprises and their importance, SME Center, Small and medium sized enterprises center. Amman, Jordan
Almansour, B., Almansour, Y., & Almansour, A. (2019). Small and medium size enterprise: Access the financial and non-financial factors. Management Science Letters, 9(5), 687-694.
Anane, G. K., Cobbinah, P. B., & Manu, J. K. (2013). Sustainability of small and medium scale enterprises in rural Ghana: the role of microfinance institutions. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 3(8), 1003.
Audet, J., Berger-Douce, S., Valenciennes, I. A. E., & St-Jean, E. (2007). Perceptual barriers preventing Small business owners from using public support services: Evidence from Canada. International Journal of Entrepreneurship, 11, 27-48.
Babajide, A. (2012). Effects of microfinance on micro and small enterprises (SMEs) growth in Nigeria. Asian Economic and Financial Review, 2(3), 463.
Bagozzi, R. P., & Yi, Y. (1988). On the evaluation of structural equation models. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 16(1), 74-94.
Berger, A., & F Udell, G. (1998). The economics of small business finance: The roles of private equity and debt markets in the financial growth cycle. Journal of Banking & Finance, 22(6), 613-673.
Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. Guilford Publications.
Byrne, B. M. (2013). Structural equation modeling with EQS: Basic concepts, applications, and programming. Routledge.
Castrogiovanni, G. J. (1996). Pre-startup planning and the survival of new small businesses: Theoretical linkages. Journal of Management, 22(6), 801-822.
Chin, W. W. (2010). How to write up and report PLS analyses. In Handbook of Partial Least Squares (pp. 655-690). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Danvila del Valle, I., Ángel Sastre Castillo, M., & Rodríguez-Duarte, A. (2009). The effects of training on performance in service companies: A data panel study. International Journal of Manpower, 30(4), 393-407.
Dumas, A., & Hanchane, S. (2010). How does job-training increase firm performance? The case of Morocco. International Journal of Manpower, 31(5), 585-602.
Fatoki, O. O. (2011). The impact of human, social and financial capital on the performance of small and medium-sized en-terprises (SMEs) in South Africa. Small, 50(R25m), R4m.
Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error: Al-gebra and statistics. Journal of Marketing Research, 382-388.
Gray, C., & Stanworth, J. (1991). Bolton 20 years on: the small firm in the 1990s. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship.
Gupta, P. D., Guha, S., & Krishnaswami, S. S. (2013). Firm growth and its determinants. Journal of Innovation and Entre-preneurship, 2(1), 15.
Hair, Jr., J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., Anderson, R. E., & Tatham, R. L. (2006). Multivariate Data Analysis (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Hair, Joe F, Ringle, Christian M, & Sarstedt, Marko. (2011). PLS-SEM: Indeed a silver bullet. The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 19(2), 139-152.
Ho, R. (2006). Handbook of univariate and multivariate data analysis and interpretation with SPSS. CRC Press.
Hoyle, R. H. (Ed.). (1995). Structural equation modeling: Concepts, issues, and applications. Sage Publications.
Jagero, N., Komba, H. V., & Mlingi, M. N. (2012). Relationship between on the job training and employee’s performance in courier companies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2(22), 114-120.
Kamyabi, Y., & Devi, S. (2011). Use of professional accountants’ advisory services and its impact on SME performance in an emerging economy: A resource-based view. Journal of Management and Sustainability, 1(1), p43.
Krejcie, R. V., & Morgan, D. W. (1970). Determining sample size for research activities. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30, 607-610.
Krejcie, R. V., & Morgan, D. W. (1970). Table for determining sample size from a given population. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 30(3), 607-610.
Lorenzet, S. J., Cook, R. G., & Ozeki, C. (2006). Improving performance in very small firms through effective assessment and feedback. Education+ Training, 48(8/9), 568-583.
Magableh, I. K., Kharabsheh, R., & Al-Zubi, K. A. (2011). Determinants and impact of training: the case of SMEs in Jor-dan. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 3(5), p104.
Mahmood, R., & Mohd Rosli, M. (2013). Microcredit position in micro and small enterprise performance: the Malaysian case. Management Research Review, 36(5), 436-453.
Moutray, C. M., & Clark, M. (2004). The Future of Small Business in the US Federal Marketplace. Journal of Public Pro-curement, 4(3), 450-470.
Muteru, B. (2013). The effect of microfinance institutions on growth of women owned enterprises: A case study of Kenya Women Finance Trust in Kikuyu Township. International Journal of Social Sciences and Entrepreneurship, 1(5), 351-371.
Nasr, S., & Rostom, A. M. (2013). SME contributions to employment, job creation, and growth in the Arab world. Job Creation, and Growth in the Arab World (October 1, 2013).
Ndubisi, N. O. (2008). Small and medium enterprises in the Pacific rim. Arah Pendidikan Sdn Bhd.
Norrman, C. (2008). Entrepreneurship policy: Public support for technology-based ventures (Doctoral dissertation, Lin-köping University Electronic Press).
Nunnally, J. C. (81). Bernstein, IH (1994). Psychometric theory. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Ojenike, O. J., & Tayo, A. G. (2012). Informal Credit Markets and the Development of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises in Nigeria. International Journal of Business and Management, 7(23), p1.
Quaddus, M., & Hofmeyer, G. (2007). An investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of B2B trading exchanges in small businesses. European Journal of Information Systems, 16(3), 202-215.
Robson, P. J., & Bennett, R. J. (2000). SME growth: the relationship with business advice and external collabora-tion. Small Business Economics, 15(3), 193-208.
Shane, S. A. (2003). A general theory of entrepreneurship: The individual-opportunity nexus. Edward Elgar Publishing.
Storey, D. J., Keasey, K., Wynarczyk, P., & Watson, R. (1987). The performance of small firms: profits, jobs and fail-ures. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Ref-erence in Entrepreneurship.
Sultana, A., Irum, S., Ahmed, K., & Mehmood, N. (2012). Impact of training on employee performance: A study of tele-communication sector in Pakistan.Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 4(6), 646-661.
Temtime, Z. T., & Pansiri, J. (2004). Small business critical success/failure factors in developing countries: some evi-dences from Botswana.
Ubeda-García, M., Marco-Lajara, B., Sabater-Sempere, V., & García-Lillo, F. (2013). Does training influence organisa-tional performance? Analysis of the Spanish hotel sector. European Journal of Training and Development, 37(4), 380-413.
United nation development program.(2013, January 1). 2013 Jordan poverty reduction strategy.
Wanambisi, A. N., & Bwisa, H. M. (2013). Effects of microfinance lending on business performance: A survey of micro and small enterprises in Kitale municipality, Kenya. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and So-cial Sciences, 3(7), 56.
Wolff, J. A., & Pett, T. L. (2006). Small‐firm performance: Modeling the role of product and process improve-ments. Journal of Small Business Management, 44(2), 268-284.
Yahya, A. Z., Othman, M. S., & Shamsuri, A. L. S. (2012). The impact of training on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. Journal of Professional Management, 2(1), 15-25.