The path to academic entrepreneurship is characterized by a sequence of venture creation activities, which can be classified into operational-, financing- and commercialization activities. Academic entrepreneurship research is concerned with the question how different motives of scientists...

Part I. Status Quo in SME Financing and Financial Market Regulation -- European SME Financing: An Empirical Taxonomy -- The European Capital Markets Union and its Impact on Future SME Financing -- Innovation and Investment Finance in Comparison -- Trends in Financing Programs for the Development...