De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance

Seven of the ten largest firms in the world by market capitalization had been funded through various types of entrepreneurial finance as of early 2022. This handbook provides an up-to-date survey of the field, exploring the theoretical and practical flux and tension from a demand side perspective. It is organized into four parts, covering the individual level, inner circle, wider world, and emerging perspectives, and will be a core reference work for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Format: Hardback
Length: 436 pages
Publication date: 23 May 2022
Publisher: De Gruyter

As of early 2022, seven of the ten largest firms in the world by market capitalization had been funded through various types of entrepreneurial finance. This comprehensive handbook provides an up-to-date survey of what we know about this significant phenomenon in all its forms, and where our knowledge about it needs to head from here. The handbook embraces a wide range of established and emerging academic and practitioner voices across the globe to explore the theoretical and practical flux and tension in the field.

Until recently, most studies have taken a supply-side perspective, focusing on the perspective of those who provide funding to new ventures. This book takes a different, demand-side perspective, beginning with the entrepreneur and gradually broadening our view to include close-by and then more distant funding sources. Following this approach, it is organized into four parts detailing the individual level (founders' resources, bricolage and bootstrapping, effectuation and portfolio entrepreneurship); the inner circle (informal financing, business groups, incubators and accelerators); the wider world (formal debt, microfinance, venture capital, corporate venture capital, business angels, government funding and family offices); and emerging perspectives (non-Western perspectives, gender, indigenous perspectives, post-conflict and disaster zones, and ethics).

The introduction considers the general state of the field, while the conclusion takes on additional topics relevant to entrepreneurial finance, such as decentralized finance, big data, behavioral economics, financial innovation, and COVID-19, as well as possible ways in which entrepreneurial finance can have a greater impact on other disciplines.

This handbook will be a core reference work for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers interested in understanding the dynamics of entrepreneurial finance and its potential to drive economic growth and innovation.

Weight: 844g
Dimension: 179 x 245 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783110726756