Field guide to entrepreneurial finance / edited by Ine Paeleman (associate professor in entrepreneurial finance, Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Department of Accountancy and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp), Tom Vanacker (associate professor in entrepreneurial finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium and University of Exeter Business School, UK), Silvio Vismara (full professor of corporate finance, Department of Management, University of Bergamo and Laboratory for the Analysis of CompleX Economic Systems (AXES), IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy) and Supradeep Dutta (assistant professor of strategic management, Rutgers University, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Paeleman, Ine, editor.

Vanacker, Tom, editor.

Vismara, Silvio, editor.

Dutta, Supradeep, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar field guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Venture capital--Research--Methodology.

Venture capital.

Entrepreneurship--Finance.

Entrepreneurship.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"Leading scholars from across the globe provide a roadmap through the rapidly evolving world of entrepreneurial finance in this timely book, exploring how start-ups and scale-ups secure funding. They analyse angels, venture capital, banks, crowdfunding, government programs and emerging technologies such as blockchain and AI, offering practical insights, identifying key gaps and future directions for research. The book presents practical insights on causal identification, dataset usage and novel methodological approaches from lab experiments to EEG analysis. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, it incorporates perspectives from finance, entrepreneurship, management, public policy, psychology, data science and neuroscience, facilitating a well-rounded and multi-dimensional mapping of the full landscape of entrepreneurial finance. With its broad scope and hands-on orientation, this book is an essential companion for economics and business students seeking to understand or study how entrepreneurs are financed in today's economy. It is a crucial reference point for policymakers and analysts in innovation and SME policy, alongside data scientists and methodologists interested in finance applications"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Introduction to field guide to entrepreneurial finance / Ine Paeleman, Tom Vanacker, Silvio Vismara and Supradeep Dutta

2. Financial bootstrapping research: Where do we go from here? / Joakim Winborg and Hans Landstrm̲

3. Business angels / Colin Mason

4. Venture capital / Massimo Colombo, Sophie Manigart, Benedetta Montanaro and Jeroen Verbouw

5. Reward-based and lending-based crowdfunding / Ahmed Sewaid

6. Equity crowdfunding / Anna Lukkarinen and Armin Schwienbacher

7. New developments in entrepreneurial finance: The rise of blockchain-based funding mechanisms / Pierluigi Martino, Christian Fisch and Cristiano Bellavitis

8. Family offices / Joern Block

9. Banks / Marc Cowling, Huan Yang and Weixi Liu

10. Government as a financier of entrepreneurship / Supradeep Dutta and Timothy B. Folta

11. Policy questions in entrepreneurial finance / Rudy Aernoudt

12. Crafting original and impactful research questions / Shaker A. Zahra

13. Systematic literature reviews in entrepreneurial finance / Annalisa Croce, Francesca Tenca and Elisa Ughetto

14. Data sources for entrepreneurial finance research / Thomas Standaert and Jeroen Verbouw

15. Experiments in entrepreneurial finance / Simon Kleinert

16. Neurophysiological methods in entrepreneurial finance: A deep dive into eeg and eye-tracking / Oguzhan Okumus, Silvia Stroe and Charlotta Sirň

17. Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurial finance: A guide for research / Lars Hornuf and Matthias Mattusch

18. Early-career advice for entrepreneurial finance academics / Douglas Cumming.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035342501 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.