Entrepreneurial Finance in Emerging Markets: Exploring Tools, Techniques, and Innovative Technologies

Part I. Institutional and Economic Development in Emerging Markets.- 1. Emerging Markets and their Role in a Global Economy.- 2. Promise and Peril in the Age of Turbulence in Emerging Markets: Implications for Private Equity Investors.- 3. Economic Growth, Institutions, and Corruption in Emerging Economies.- Part II. Institutional Development and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets.- 4. China's Institutional Environment for Entrepreneurship.- 5. China, an Emergent Innovator? A Competence Misplaced, Capability Regained.- 6. How the "Triple Helix" Can Influence the General Climate for Entrepreneurs in Brazil.- 7. Entrepreneurial Family Businesses in Poland: From an Emerging to a Developed Market;.- Chapter 8. Access to Capital: Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets;.- 9. How Entrepreneurial Finance is Transformed into Political Power: The Importance of "Friends with Benefits".- Part III. Entrepreneurial Finance in the BRIC Countries.- 10. An Overview of the Private Equity and Venture Capital Industry in Brazil.- 11. Financing Architecture and Current Trends in the Development of Russian Small and Medium Enterprises.- 12. The Evolution of Private Equity in India.- 13. Finding New Frontiers: The Challenges of Early-stage Indian Entrepreneurs in Accessing Finance in an Evolving Startup Ecosystem.- 14. Profiles of Chinese Business Angels.- 15. The Development of Venture Capital in China.- Part IV. Entrepreneurial Finance in Selected Regions and Countries in Emerging Markets.- 16. Propped Up by the Government: The Recent Evolution of the Early-stage Equity Finance Market in Hungary.- 17. Private Equity in Central and Eastern Europe: The Early Years.- 18. Do Bank-firm Relationships Affect the Phenomenon of Zero-leverage SMEs?.- 19. MENA FinTech: Exponential Growth from a Low Base.- 20. Exploring Open Banking and Banking-as-a-platform: Opportunities and Risks for Emerging Markets.- 21. FinTech Revolution in the Gulf Countries and MENA Region.- 22. Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Finance in Ghana.- 23. Government, Bank, and Private Capital Financing of Entrepreneurial Firms in Nigeria.- Part V. Conclusions.- 24. Entrepreneurial Finance in Emerging Markets: Conclusions.