Searching for optimal financing opportunities for cooperative enterprises in adverse economic conditions

In the current economic situation, achieving financial stability is an essential condition to every company, regardless of property form or their field of activities. This is even truer for the entrepreneurs or for cooperative consumer enterprises that are facing cash flow problems often. Identifying optimal financing sources is not an easy task, but every financial manager should give special attention to this issue. In practice, there is not a universal recipe of the optimal financing structure but, in this paper, we will try to present some theoretic aspects on this subject and identify some financing solutions for the local consumer cooperatives enterprises. Internal financing, borrowing and/or equity issue, which is the best alternative to raise money or improve the cash flow for the entrepreneurs and cooperatives in the Republic of Moldova.