Preface / James K. Galbraith -- Introduction: financial development : the sword of damocles hanging over the process of economic development / Faruk Ülgen -- Financial liberalization, crises and policy implications / Philip Arestis -- Global financing: a bad medicine for developing countries /...

We survey the empirical evidence on corporate survival and its determinants in European emerging markets. We demonstrate that (i) institutional quality is a significant preventive factor for firm survival in all sectors of the economy, which holds for small, medium and large firms alike. On the...

Corporate Finance and Financial Development: An Introduction -- Entrepreneurs' dynamic capabilities, financial resource development and financial performance among small and medium enterprises in emerging markets: Experience from Tanzania -- Does ICT Diffusion Drive the Finance-Growth Nexus?...