Table of Contents:


PART 1. Entrepreneurial finance in DETE: Regional approach
1. Digital Finance and SMEs in the Southeast Asia: An Overview
2. Crowdfunding in DETE: A Literature Review
3. Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurship in the Western Balkans
4. Foreign Portfolio Investment: Opportunities or Challenges for Transition Countries?

PART 2. Entrepreneurial finance in DETE: Country approach
5. Peer-to-Peer Lending in Malaysia
6. An Institutional Perspective on the Development of the Venture Capital Market in Brazil
7. Bilateral relations and Venture Capital Financing in India
8. Asymmetric Impact of Financial Market Development on Entrepreneurship in Nigeria

PART 3. Entrepreneurial finance, gender and poverty
9. Finance and Women Entrepreneurship in DETE: A Literature
10. Emergence of Women's Entrepreneurship in Rural Local Development Processes: Insights from Gadouan, Ivory Cost
11. The Potential of Zakat Productive Assistance Programme involving Agricultural Activities in Brunei Darussalam
12. Growth, Financial Development and Nascent Entrepreneurship: Does the Level of Development Matter?
13. Are Family Firms More Efficient? Evidence from developing, emerging and transition economics
14. Financial Capabilities, Entrepreneurial Self-Belief and Motivations among Israeli Female and Male Entrepreneurs

This book provides a systematic and profound understanding of how finance, entrepreneurship, innovation, and their interactions contribute to economic development in DETEs, which cover a large number of countries in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa. The book mainly includes empirical studies and is divided into four parts. Part A includes four chapters which adopt a multinational approach to examine different sources and types of finance for entrepreneurship and small business in different groups of countries classified as DETEs. Part B also includes four chapters and focuses on entrepreneurial finance in specific countries belonging to the DETEs. Part C goes beyond the business scope of entrepreneurial finance and includes three chapters concerned with the relationship between finance, women's entrepreneurship, and poverty. Part D includes three chapters focusing on the comparison within developing countries as well as between developing and developed countries. This essential and comprehensive resource will find an audience amongst academics, students, educators, and practitioners, as well as policymakers and regulators.