What Does Finance Do for Innovation? The New Ways to Raise Capital for Smaller Firms
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".
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Interests: corporate finance; managerial finance; ESG; venture capital; corporate venture capital
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Interests: SMEs; Business Development; Entrepreneurship Development; Strategic Management; Business; Business Model Innovation; Small Business Management; Project Management; Organizational Learning; Managerial Accounting
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Dear Colleagues,
In the last ten years, the financial structure of SMEs has been deeply transformed. The relationship between SMEs and conventional investors (banks and other intermediaries) has changed; in this new scenario, SMEs must enlarge their channels to raise capital (crowdfunding, business angels, venture capital, IPO). These new forms have been gaining increasing attention worldwide in particular for target companies, usually technological firms, as start-ups. New investors and small companies are talking, and, in this way, it is possible to assist a change in the relations with investors. The purpose of this Special Issue is to analyze how SMEs finance their activities today.
Assoc. Prof. Matteo Rossi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Financing innovation
- Venture capital and its effect on firm growth
- Corporate venture capital
- Crowdfunding
- Financial Institution in the open innovation era
- Financial instruments in the innovation ecosystem
- New ways to raise capital
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