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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 2 Degree of relevance of quantitative information in the year 2007

From: The role of information in the credit relationship

 

Large enterprises

Small and medium enterprises

 

Median relevance (large banks)

Median relevance (small banks)

Mann–Whitney U test

Significance

Median relevance (large banks)

Median relevance (small banks)

Mann–Whitney U test

Significance

Balance sheets

3

4

143

0.2387

4

3

46

0.000

Territorial data

4

4

175.5

0.8668

3

4

153.5

0.385

Central credit register

3

4

168

0.6978

3

3

146.5

0.238

Credit relationship

4

3

148

0.2898

3

4

130

0.064

Guarantees

3

4

158.5

0.4046

4

4

130

0.107

  1. Information relating to large enterprises and SMEs for managers of large banks and small banks. 1 = no relevance, 2 = low, 3 = medium-high, 4 = high, 5 = very high, 6 = decisive.