2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Entrepreneurial Finance

AEF’s key areas of interest include: 1. Corporate Finance Issues relevant to Small/Entrepreneurial Firms; 2. Behavioral Finance and Economics- related to all stages of Risk-taking, Startup, and Growth; 3. Business Valuation- and Evaluation; 4. Initial Public Offerings; 5. The Market for Formal and Informal Venture Capital; 6. Financial Institutions and Small Business Financing; 7. Innovations in Capital Markets for small and medium enterprises- SMEs; 8. Economics and Accounting of Small Business; 9. Models for Predicting Small Firm Success and/or Failure; and 10. Other related issues- including Globalization and Technological factors affecting Capital Access and Startup Process.