Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Support Policies in Japan 1403.
Public support is more important in the area of finance.
They focus on technical, financial, and marketing assistance. Technical support for these SMEs came largely through private channels, including parent firms, equipment suppliers, and other firms in the same line of business. Public institutions played only a subordinate role. Marketing support also came largely from parent firms, trading companies, and other private sources. Default rates averaged less than one-half of one percent of outstanding loans, and real interest rates were positive.