Do Clean Energy and Financial Innovation Induce SME Performance? Clarifying the Nexus between Financial Innovation, Technological Innovation, Clean Energy, Environmental Degradation, and SMEs Performance in Bangladesh

The economic contribution of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has been well appreciated documented in the literature. On other hand, another domain studies concentrated on discovering key determinants SMEs' growth survival. motivation study is to gauge nexus between financial innovation, technological clean energy, environmental degradation, SME performance Bangladesh for period 1991-2019. implemented Autoregressive Distributed Lagged (ARDL), Nonlinear ARDL, Toda-Yamamoto causality test. Referring output derived with a exposed positive statistically significant link explanatory variables, that is, energy consumption GDP both long-run short-run. At same time, degradation revealed be adversely connected performance. results standard Wald test have established an asymmetric association explained variables short run. In terms directional test, disclosed bidirectional causal effects running SMEs [CEßàSME], foreign direct investment, [FDIßàSME]. Based findings, policy suggestions introduced light future development Bangladesh.