Sustainable Finance for SMEs

Mauro Aliano is Professor of Banking and Finance at the University of Ferrara (Italy). He specializes in using statistical approaches to analyse financial markets, financial instrument analysis methodologies, and portfolio models. He was Professor in Banking and Finance at the University of Cagliari (Italy) from 2014 to 2018, and a Research Fellow in Statistics for Finance at the University of Rome Tor Vergata (Italy) from 2012 to 2014.Greta Cestari is an Associate Professor in Business Economics at the University of Ferrara. On November 16th, 2020, she granted the National Scientific Habilitation for the role of Full Professor. Her research mainly focuses on corporate crisis, bankruptcy prediction models and accounting history.Salvatore Madonna graduated in Business Economics at the University of Pisa and received his PhD at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. He was an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics (University of Ferrara) from 2002 to November 2006, when he became a Full Professor. His research mainly focuses on financial statement analysis, company performance measurement, value creation and evaluation, corporate reporting, human capital, corporate crisis, tourist industry management focused on accommodation facilities.

• Part I: Mechanisms and Institutions.- Chapter 1. Sustainable Supply Chain Finance: Bridging Theory and Practice.- Chapter 2. How Can Companies Financially Sustain Their Transition?.- Chapter 3. Integrating ESG Risk into the Banking Prudential Framework in EU: the Impact on SMEs.- Chapter 4. Sustainability and Market Efficiency for SMEs: Bubble or Opportunity?.- Part II: Instruments and Methods.- Chapter 5. Financial Instruments for Green Finance Tailored to SMEs.- Chapter 6. Initial Coin Offering as a Possible Way to Obtain Financial Resources.- Chapter 7. Greenwashing.- Chapter 8. Italian SMEs' Sustainability Scores.- Part III: Companies Crisis.- Chapter 9. Business Crisis and Bankruptcy Prediction Models: The Other Side of Sustainability.- Chapter 10. Bankruptcy Prediction Models: From Predictive Performance to Economic and Organizational Sustainability.