Entrepreneurial Finance for MSMEs

Joshua Yindenaba Abor is a Professor of Finance and the Dean at the University of Ghana Business School. He is a researcher with the African Economic Research Consortium. Joshua is a Visiting Professor of Development Finance at the UCT Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa, and has also held Visiting Scholar positions at the IMF, Washington DC, USA.

• Part 1) The Entrepreneurial Setting.- Chapter 1) Introduction to Entrepreneurial Finance.- Chapter 2) New Venture Development and Sources of Financing.- Chapter 3) Business Planning.- Part 2) The Financial Environment and Finance Providers.- Chapter 4) The Financial Environment and Small Businesses.- Chapter 5) Venture Capital Finance.- Chapter 6) Microfinance Intervention.- Chapter 7) Public Sector Interventions and Small Businesses.- Part 3) Financial Performance and Planning.- Chapter 8) Understanding and Analysing Financial Statements.- Chapter 9) Financial Planning and Forecasting.- Chapter 10) Working Capital Management.- Part 4) Valuation.- Chapter 11) Time Value of Money.- Chapter 12) Evaluating Investment Decisions: Capital Budgeting.- Chapter 13) Valuation of New Ventures and Small Businesses.- Part V) Financing Choice and Harvesting.- Chapter 14) Financing Choice.- Chapter 15) Harvesting the Business Venture Investment.