We provide the first empirical evidence on the determinants of the lending decision of venture debt firms, specialized institutions that provide loans to finance growth of high-tech startups. Building on existing field interviews and case studies, we design a choice experiment of the lending...

Entrepreneurship development is the backbone of nation’s economic development. It’s not big giants, large cap companies who add value to the national wealth but it is entrepreneurship or MSME’s. Contribution of MSME’s in employment generation, GDP, export, industrial output and most...