Edited by Javed G. Hussain, Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, UK and Jonathan M. Scott, Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Strategy, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand

'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.'

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first CenturyJonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions?Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New ZealandDavid Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to ConsiderMiwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature ReviewDilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea IndustryIndu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and ProcessesColin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis EraRob Baldock and David North9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team DiversityCandida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in IsraelSybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship?Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in PakistanJaved G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. ScottIndex

Edited by Javed G. Hussain, Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance, Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, UK and Jonathan M. Scott, Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Strategy, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand

'Across a range of country contexts, this Handbook highlights a number of important issues associated with the provision of funding to establish and grow new ventures, as well as enabling businesses to survive difficult economic times, such as the period following the GFC. This scholarly collection of both quantitative and qualitative studies covers a variety of topics, including access to microfinancing in Kazakhstan and the role of VC investors in promoting the internationalization of Canadian businesses.'

• Contents: 1. Introduction: Entrepreneurial Finance in Context in the Twenty-first CenturyJonathan M. Scott and Javed G. Hussain2. SME Lending: A New Role for Credit Unions?Steve Talbot, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird and Geoff Whittam3. Entrepreneurial Finance in New ZealandDavid Deakins 4. Venture Capital Investment and Internationalization: A Case to ConsiderMiwako Nitani and Allan Riding 5. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and their Capital Structure Decisions in Turkey: A Literature ReviewDilek Demirbas and Safa Demirbaş6. Resourcing Indigenous Export Ventures through Networks: Insights from the Sri Lankan Tea IndustryIndu Peiris, Michèle Akoorie and Paresha Sinha 7. Business Angel Exits: Strategies and ProcessesColin Mason, Richard T. Harrison and Tiago Botelho8. The Role of UK Government Hybrid Venture Capital Funds in Addressing the Finance Gap Facing Innovative SMEs in the Post 2007 Financial Crisis EraRob Baldock and David North9. Readiness for Funding: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Team DiversityCandida G. Brush, Linda F. Edelman and Tatiana S. Manolova10. Entrepreneurial Finance of Minority and Migrant Groups in IsraelSybille Heilbrunn and Nonna Kushnirovich11. Bridging the Equity Funding Gap in Technological Entrepreneurship: The Case of Government-backed Venture Capital in China Jun Li12. Informal Lenders and Small/Marginal Farmers in India: An Unregulated Sociological Symbiotic Relationship?Navjot Sandhu, Javed G. Hussain and Harry Matlay13. Unilateral Microfinance? The Commercial Roots of Entrepreneurial Diversity Madina Subalova, Haya Al-Dajani and Zografia Bika14. Entrepreneurial Finance, Poverty Reduction and Gender: The Case of Women Entrepreneurs’ Microloans in PakistanJaved G. Hussain, Samia Mahmood and Jonathan M. ScottIndex