The use of sale and lease back as a strategic financing component

From the perspective of strategic and sustainable corporate management, entrepreneurs should pay attention to diversifying their financing structure in order to ensure a certain degree of independence and the greatest possible financial leeway. The object-related financing form Sale & Lease Back of used machines and production plants is an innovative possibility, in order to make straight enterprises available without top credit ratings together sufficient financial means for different occasions.

The German system of corporate financing is still considered bank-dominated. For some years now, however, banks have been under considerable pressure: on the one hand, they have had to make high write-downs in the wake of the financial crisis, and on the other hand, they are subject to considerable regulatory requirements in terms of capital adequacy and liquidity planning. According to recent studies on corporate financing developments in this country, this may lead to a decline in banks' ability to lend, especially when it comes to issuing long-term and risky loans. From the perspective of strategic and sustainable corporate management, entrepreneurs should pay attention to diversifying their financing structure in order to ensure a certain degree of independence and the greatest possible financial leeway.

While crowdfunding, factoring, purchase financing or sale & lease back have long been "old hat" in the USA or Great Britain,