valuation methods within the finance literature -- valuation methods and their application in the context of managerial finance within renewable energy investments -- tools to define the relevant equity value drivers, to consider risk treatments, and to value renewable energy investments along...

Dynamics. The Law of Motion -- Statics. The Law of Conservation -- Financial Statements -- Estimating the Cash Flows -- Valuation and Value Creation -- Project Appraisal -- The Quest for a Relative Approach -- Average Internal Rate of Return -- Internal Rate of Return -- Internal Average Rate of...

The risk of counterparty default in banking, insurance, institutional, and pension-fund portfolios is an area of ongoing and increasing importance for finance practitioners. It is, unfortunately, a topic with a high degree of technical complexity. Addressing this challenge, this book provides a...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Alternative Lending and How to Regulate -- Chapter 2: Towards an EU market-based financial system: The emergence of Credit Alternative Investment Funds -- Chapter 3: The need for regulation: Innovation and Market Failure -- Part II: AIF-Lending and Bank Lending...

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...

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...