Contemporary Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance : An Academic and Policy Lens on the Status-Quo, Challenges and Trends

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 of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria: A Qualitative Meta-Synthesis -- Part II. Entrepreneurial Finance from Established Risk Capital Providers -- Research on Venture Capitalists’ and Business Angels’ Investment Criteria: A Systematic Literature Review -- Measuring Venture Capital Sentiment in Europe -- The Private Value of Patents for Government-supported Start-Ups: The Case of the European Investment Fund -- In which Regions do Governmental, Independent, and Corporate Venture Capital Firms Invest? An Empirical Investigation across 402 German Regions -- Playing with the Devil? Organizational Voids within Corporate Venture Capital Dyads -- Part III. New Trends in Entrepreneurial Finance -- Social Finance in Europe: The Transition from Grants to Follow-up Financing for Social Enterprises -- Democratising Entrepreneurial Finance: The Impact of Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) -- Is Crowdfunding Suitable for Financing German Public Research Organization (PRO) Projects?