Research on factors affecting lending decisions for small and medium-sized enterprise customers at commercial banks in the Northwest region of Vietnam - 1


MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

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DO THI THU HIEN


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RESEARCH ON FACTORS AFFECTING LENDING DECISIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS AT BANKS

TRADE IN THE NORTHWEST REGION OF VIETNAM


DOCTORAL THESIS

FINANCE - BANKING INDUSTRY


HANOI, 2020


MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY

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DO THI THU HIEN


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RESEARCH ON FACTORS AFFECTING LENDING DECISIONS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE CUSTOMERS AT BANKS

TRADE IN THE NORTHWEST REGION OF VIETNAM


Major: FINANCE - BANKING Code: 9340201


DOCTORAL THESIS


Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. NGUYEN HUU TAI


HANOI, 2020


COMMITMENT


I have read and understand the academic integrity policy. I declare on my personal honor that this research was conducted by me and does not violate the requirements of academic integrity.

I hereby certify that the thesis topic: " Research on factors affecting lending decisions for small and medium-sized enterprise customers at commercial banks in the Northwest region of Vietnam " is my own research work.


Hanoi, date month year 2020

PhD student


Do Thi Thu Hien


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


First of all, I would like to sincerely thank the Board of Directors of National Economics University for creating favorable conditions for me to complete this thesis.

I would like to sincerely thank Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Huu Tai - the scientific supervisor of the thesis, for helping me with the standards of content, knowledge and research methods to complete this thesis.

I would like to sincerely thank the teachers of the Institute of Finance - Banking, the Institute of Postgraduate Training for always accompanying, guiding me professionally, and helping me throughout the process of completing my thesis.

Finally, I would like to sincerely thank my family, friends, and colleagues at the Faculty of Economics - Tay Bac University for their enthusiastic support and help during my study and research.

Thank you very much everyone!


Hanoi, date month year 2020

PhD student


Do Thi Thu Hien


INDEX

COMMITMENT i

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii

TABLE OF CONTENTS iii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS vi

LIST OF TABLES vii

LIST OF CHARTS AND DIAGRAMS ix

CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE THESIS 1

1.1. Reasons for choosing topic 1

1.2. Overview of research situation related to topic 2

1.2.1. Concept and classification of hard information - soft information 3

1.2.2. The role of two types of information in commercial banks' lending decisions 5

1.2.3. The role of credit officers in bank lending decisions 9

1.2.4. Research Gap 11

1.3. Research objectives 13

1.4. Research question 13

1.5. Research object and scope 13

1.6. Research methods and procedures 14

1.6.1. Thesis research process 14

1.6.2. Research methods 15

1.7. Contributions of the thesis 18

1.7.1. New contributions in terms of academics and theory 18

1.7.2. New practical contributions 20

1.8. Thesis layout 20

CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL BASIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE DECISION TO LEND SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN COMMERCIAL BANKS 23

2.1. Theoretical basis for lending decisions for SME customers at commercial banks..23

2.1.1. Concept of small and medium enterprises 23

2.1.2. Lending to SMEs in commercial banks 24

2.1.2. Difficulties in accessing bank loans for SMEs 30

2.1.3. Loan Process and Decision for SMEs 37

2.1.4. Internal credit rating of commercial banks before making decisions

credit rating 41

2.1.5. Criteria for evaluating lending results of commercial banks 44

2.2. Theories related to lending decisions in commercial banks 45

2.2.1. Asymmetric Information Theory 45

2.2.2. Adverse selection theory of credit markets (Adverse selection) 46

2.2.3. Moral hazard in banking operations (Moral hazard) 48

2.2.4. Judgment and perception theory in decision making 49

2.2.5. Social capital theory 50

2.2.6. Applied theory in bank credit management 52

2.3. Overview of factors affecting lending decisions to SMEs 57

2.4. Research model and hypothesis 67

Chapter 2 Summary 68

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 69

3.1. Research design 69

3.2. Qualitative research 72

3.2.1. Objectives of qualitative research 72

3.2.2. Subjects and methods of qualitative research 72

3.2.3. Qualitative research results 74

3.3. Quantitative research 82

3.3.1. Quantitative research objectives 83

3.3.2. Quantitative research design 83

3.3.3. Formal quantitative research 91

CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH RESULTS 97

4.1. Current status of commercial banks' lending to small and medium enterprises in the Northwest sub-region 97

4.1.1. Criteria for classifying SMEs at commercial banks in the Northwest sub-region 97

4.1.2. Lending process and lending limit for SMEs at the Northwest Sub-regional Commercial Bank of Vietnam 99

4.1.3. Credit scoring process for SME customers in the Northwest sub-region ...101

4.1.4. Banking services of commercial banks for SMEs in the Northwest sub-region..103

4.1.3. Loan scale of commercial banks for SMEs in the Northwest sub-region...105 4.1.4. Credit structure of SMEs in the Northwest sub-region 108

4.1.5. Profit from lending to SMEs in the Northwest sub-region 110

4.1.6. Credit quality of loans to SMEs in the Northwest sub-region 111

4.1.7. Credit rating of SMEs at commercial banks in the Northwest sub-region 112

4.2. Descriptive statistics of survey results 115

4.2.1. Statistics on characteristics of surveyed subjects 115

4.2.2. Descriptive statistics of information affecting lending decisions of commercial banks 116

4.3. Testing the reliability of the scale 122

4.3.1. Testing the suitability of the scale 122

4.3.2. Exploratory factor analysis 125

4.3.3. Results of analysis of the importance of the information used in the appraisal

loan 130

4.4. Multivariate regression of factors affecting lending decisions of commercial banks 131

4.4.1. Multivariate regression of influencing factors 131

4.4.2. Summary of regression coefficients for lending decisions 132

Chapter 4 Summary 134

CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 135

5.1. Discussion of research results 135

5.1.1. Results of answering the first research hypothesis 135

5.1.2. Results of answering the second research hypothesis 141

5.2. Some recommendations 142

5.2.1. Recommendations for Commercial Banks - Head Office 142

5.2.2. Recommendations for Commercial Banks - Branches in the Northwest sub-region 145

5.2.3. Recommendations for SMEs in the Northwest sub-region 147

5.2.4. Recommendations to relevant organizations 149

5.3. Limitations of the thesis and future research directions 150

Chapter 5 Summary 151

CONCLUSION 152

LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS RESEARCH RESULTS OF THESIS 154

REFERENCES 155

APPENDIX 166

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS


ABL

Asset Based Lending

Real Estate

Real estate

CBTD

Credit Officer

CIEM

Central Institute for Economic Research

CRE

Commercial real estate lending

DN

Business

SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises

EFA

Exploratory factor analysis

EFA

Exploratory factor analysis

FSL

Loan Financial Statements

LEASE

Lease

MV

Motor Vehicle Loans

NH

Bank

State Bank of Vietnam

State Bank

Commercial Bank

Commercial Bank

Central Bank

Central Bank

RELATE

Relationship lending

RRE

Residential real estate loans

SBCS

Small Business Credit Scoring

Sig.

Significance level

TC

Finance

TCTD

Credit institution

TSDB

Collateral

TSDB

Collateral

VCCI

Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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