1. Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences: the Role of Financial Studies -- 2. Risk and Pricing on the Italian Minibond Market -- 3. Exploring Factors Influencing the Success of Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns: Findings from Italy -- 4. From seeker side to investor side: gender dynamics in UK equity...

Part 1: International Growth Concerns -- Economic Nationalism: Constrained and Fragmented, if any? -- Digitalization: Disrupting the Business Models of Multinationals -- Part 2: EU Policies for Growth -- EU Corporate Governance Framework; The Role of the EU Institutions -- The EU Digital Single...

Chapter 1: Introduction to "Entrepreneurship in Post-Communist Countries: New Drivers towards a Market Economy" -- Part 1: Entrepreneurship in Post-Transition Context -- Chapter 2: The influence of the motives of entrepreneurial activity on economic growth of developing countries in Southeast...

This book presents a business model on how to structure the relationship between financial services and procurement. The need for new models is particularly important to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) where there is an evident difficulty in accessing credit. Due to this context,...

1. The Story of Small Business Lending -- Part I The Problem -- 2. Small Businesses Are Important to the Economy -- 3. Small Businesses and Their Banks: The Impact of the Great Recession -- 4. Structural Obstacles Slow Small Business Lending -- 5. What Small Businesses Want -- Part II The New...