One reason that economic development in rural America lags behind its urban counterpart is the persistent lack of venture capital for rural entrepreneurs. Geography deserves much of the blame, as angel investors and venture capitalists tend to live and work in metropolitan areas on the coasts,...

This paper makes a comparative analysis of agricultural financial systems in Poland and Azerbaijan. Poland as a member the of EU has developed its system under Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and so-called domestic support. The system is consisted of financial intermediaries, state agencies...

Township Village Enterprises (TVEs) have essentially contributed to China's economic development and institutional transformation over the last twenty years. One of the explanations for the mechanism of TVEs' growth is the co-operative culture theory which claims that Chinese - compared with...