Entrepreneurial finance, innovation and development: a research companion

Table of Contents
PART 1. Entrepreneurial finance in DETE: Regional approach 1. Digital Finance and SMEs in the Southeast Asia: An Overview Nhung Nguyen & Vi Dung Ngo 2. Crowdfunding in DETE: A Literature Review Sayema Sultana & Fiza Qureshi 3. Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans Luca Sabia, Robin Bell & David Bozward 4. Foreign Portfolio Investment: Opportunities or Challenges for Transition Countries? Cesario Mateus & Trung Bao Hoang PART 2. Entrepreneurial finance in DETE: Country approach 5. Peer-to-Peer Lending in Malaysia Yong Chin Lee & Hooi Hooi Lean 6. An Institutional Perspective on the Development of the Venture Capital Market in Brazil Irineu de Souza Lima Júnior, Nicholas Spyridon Vonortas & Sérgio Robles Reis de Queiroz 7. Bilateral relations and Venture Capital Financing in India Nivedita Sinha & Shreya Biswas 8. Asymmetric Impact of Financial Market Development on Entrepreneurship in Nigeria Hyeladi Stanley Dibal, Akuraun Shadrach Iyortsuun & Habila Abel Haruna PART 3. Entrepreneurial finance, gender and poverty 9. Finance and Women Entrepreneurship in DETE: A Literature Review Erum Shaikh, Muhammad Nawaz Tunio & Fiza Qureshi 10. Emergence of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Rural Local Development Processes: Insights from Gadouan, Ivory Cost Ayi Gavriel Ayayi, Chantale Dali & Théophile Serge Nomo 11. The Potential of Zakat Productive Assistance Programme involving Agricultural Activities in Brunei Darussalam Zaki Zaini & Khairul Hidayatullah Basir PART 4. International comparisons and lessons 12. Growth, Financial Development and Nascent Entrepreneurship: Does the Level of Development Matter? Harshana Kasseeah 13. Are Family Firms more Efficient? Evidence from DETE Mariarosaria Agostino & Sabrina Ruberto 14. Financial Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Self-Belief and Motivations among Israeli Female and Male Entrepreneurs Dafna Kariv, Dikla Elisha & Dafna Schwartz

Entrepreneurship is now unanimously considered a major engine for socio-economic development, mainly because it creates jobs and innovation. Governments around the world pay special attention to removing entrepreneurial barriers in order to support development via different policies, especially entrepreneurial finance. Developing, emerging and transition economies (DETEs) significantly differ from industrialized countries because of their specific conditions: institutions, infrastructure facilities, and bureaucratic procedures within the administrative system. Thus, firms and their entrepreneurs in and from DETEs may behave differently, particularly in terms of their financial strategies. Therefore, contextualizing is critical to better understand the relationship between entrepreneurial finance, innovation, and development in DETEs.

This book provides a systematic and profound understanding of how finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and their interactions contribute to economic development in DETEs, which cover a large number of countries in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. The book mainly includes empirical studies and is divided into four parts. Part A includes four chapters which adopt a multinational approach to examine different sources and types of finance for entrepreneurship and small business in different groups of countries classified as DETEs. Part B also includes four chapters and focuses on entrepreneurial finance in specific countries belonging to the DETEs. Part C goes beyond the business scope of entrepreneurial finance and includes three chapters concerned with the relationship between finance, women's entrepreneurship, and poverty. Part D includes three chapters focusing on the comparison within developing countries as well as between developing and developed countries.

This essential and comprehensive resource will find an audience amongst academics, students, educators, and practitioners, as well as policymakers and regulators.