This volume focuses on the latest findings concerning financial environment research and the effects on business. Major topics addressed range from finance-driven globalization, contagion risk transmission, financial sustainability, and bank efficiency, to oil price shocks and spot prices...

How Polish Firms Use the EU Funds for Innovative Projects? -- Competitive Intelligence Among SMEs -- Workplace Bullying in Malaysia -- Team Context and Team Performance -- Discussion Frames in Motherhood Blogs -- Strategic Partnerships in the Construction Industry in Latvia -- A Proposed...

This book explores how the venture capital sector supports growth and development of SMEs. The text draws from major international empirical studies in Indian and Islamic industries to analyse techniques used by venture capitalists to value, structure and monitor investments. This book is...