Field Guide to Entrepreneurial Finance

Edited by Ine Paeleman, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Finance, Antwerp Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Department of Accountancy and Finance, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp, Tom Vanacker, Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium and University of Exeter Business School, UK, Silvio Vismara, Full Professor of Corporate Finance, Department of Management, University of Bergamo and Laboratory for the Analysis of CompleX Economic Systems (AXES), IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy and Supradeep Dutta, Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, Rutgers University, USA

• ContentsIntroduction to Field Guide to Entrepreneurial Finance 1Ine Paeleman, Tom Vanacker, Silvio Vismara and Supradeep Dutta2 Financial bootstrapping research: where do we go from here? 10Joakim Winborg and Hans Landström3 Business angels 32Colin Mason4 Venture capital 64Massimo Colombo, Sophie Manigart, Benedetta Montanaroand Jeroen Verbouw5 Reward-based and lending-based crowdfunding 89Ahmed Sewaid6 Equity crowdfunding 108Anna Lukkarinen and Armin Schwienbacher7 New developments in entrepreneurial finance: the rise ofblockchain-based funding mechanisms 127Pierluigi Martino, Christian Fisch and Cristiano Bellavitis8 Family offices 151Joern Block9 Banks 164Marc Cowling, Huan Yang and Weixi Liu10 Government as a financier of entrepreneurship 183Supradeep Dutta and Timothy B. Folta11 Policy questions in entrepreneurial finance 203Rudy Aernoudt12 Crafting original and impactful research questions 224Shaker A. Zahra13 Systematic literature reviews in entrepreneurial finance 246Annalisa Croce, Francesca Tenca and Elisa Ughetto14 Data sources for entrepreneurial finance research 263Thomas Standaert and Jeroen Verbouw15 Experiments in entrepreneurial finance 282Simon Kleinert16 Neurophysiological methods in entrepreneurial finance: adeep dive into EEG and eye-tracking 306Oguzhan Okumus, Silvia Stroe and Charlotta Sirén17 Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurial finance: a guide forresearch 330Lars Hornuf and Matthias Mattusch18 Early-career advice for entrepreneurial finance academics 363Douglas Cumming

‘A true compass for researchers and policymakers, this book masterfully synthesizes the diversity of modern financing. By integrating innovative approaches such as neuroscience and artificial intelligence, it sets new standards of excellence for high-impact research in entrepreneurial finance. An essential working tool.’