. Norden and Weber (2010) show
that these benefits are most pronounced in the case of SMEs
and individuals but rather weak for large firms. That result is
consistent with our finding on the importance of hard business
credit information, which initially was private information of
the firm, its supplier, and their banks before it was shared with
others through the credit bureau. We find a positive impact of
FIRMS_PER_EMPLOYEE on the value of hard business credit
information in model (2).