Highlights the differences between entrepreneurial finance in emerging markets as compared to developed marketsAddresses inadequate and insufficient levels of financial expertise in emerging markets
Shows how FinTech can increase the effectiveness in provision of financial services to entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing the velocity of entrepreneurial development in emerging markets

Highlights the key characteristics of entrepreneurial finance in emerging markets Addresses inadequate and insufficient levels of financial expertise in emerging markets Shows how FinTech can increase the effectiveness in provision of financial services to entrepreneurs, thereby enhancing the velocity of entrepreneurial development in emerging markets

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Darek Klonowski is Professor of Business Administration at Brandon University, Canada. Prior to joining academia, he worked in the venture capital and private equity industry. He has published four books with Palgrave Macmillan: The Venture Capital Investment Process (2010), Private Equity in Poland (2011), Private Equity in Emerging Markets (2012), and The Venture Capital Deformation (2018).

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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 VentureCapital 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.