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List of figures; List of maps; List of boxes; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1.1 The Geography of Finance and SME Lending; 1.2 Credit Decisions and Rating Systems; 1.3 Research Contributions and Proceedings; 2. Financial Systems, the Geography of Firm Financing and Rating Systems;2.1 Financial Systems and Economic Development; 2.2 The Geography of Firm Financing; 2.3 Placing the Rating Systems as Non-Human Actors in Credit Decisions; 2.4 Spot the Differences: Approaching Distance in Bank-Based SME Lending; 3. The German Banking System: Methods and Case Descriptions; 3.1 Methodology; 3.2 The German Banking System; 3.3 Selection and Description of Bank Cases; 4. SME Credit Decision Making of Savings versus Big Banks; 4.1 The Informational Basis of Credit Decisions; 4.2 The Organisation of Credit Decisions at Savings and Big Banks; 4.3 The Effects of the Varying Organisation of Credit Decisions at Savings and Big Banks; 5. Conclusion; 5.1 Key Findings; 5.2 Practitioner Recommendations; 5.3 Future Research Directions; References; Index