| Philosophy | Positivism |
| Approach | Deductive Approach |
| Design | Quantitative Research Design |
| Population | Small Enterprise in Egypt |
| Sample Size | 90 small business firms in Egypt in period from 2013 to 2016 (2013 and 2014 without loan, 2015 and 2016 with a loan) |
| Data collection | Historical Secondary Data collected from official periodicals |
| Statistical Packages | SPSS |
| Unit of analysis | Organizations unit of analysis where the data used is that of year 2017 |
| Time Horizon | CNPMs Sectional |