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9 Microfinance and entrepreneurial finance: A review and future research agenda

  • Jonathan Kimmitt
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De Gruyter Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance
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Abstract

Research on microfinance and entrepreneurship has grown significantly in recent years, offering insight into entrepreneurial behaviour, microfinance dynamics and various tensions concerning financial inclusion. This chapter provides an overview of prior research in this space, specifically analysing micro, meso and macro levels of research. Whilst this has been insightful for both theory and practice, further opportunities exist across these three levels. At a micro-level, research should adopt a more holistic view of poverty and process. At a meso-level, more research is required analysing entrepreneurs and new models of microfinance such as individual lending and micro-equity. At a macro level, further empirical work is needed into the sources of microfinance failure and the role of financial institutions within complex systems. The chapter offers a set of perspectives and research questions around these three levels.

Abstract

Research on microfinance and entrepreneurship has grown significantly in recent years, offering insight into entrepreneurial behaviour, microfinance dynamics and various tensions concerning financial inclusion. This chapter provides an overview of prior research in this space, specifically analysing micro, meso and macro levels of research. Whilst this has been insightful for both theory and practice, further opportunities exist across these three levels. At a micro-level, research should adopt a more holistic view of poverty and process. At a meso-level, more research is required analysing entrepreneurs and new models of microfinance such as individual lending and micro-equity. At a macro level, further empirical work is needed into the sources of microfinance failure and the role of financial institutions within complex systems. The chapter offers a set of perspectives and research questions around these three levels.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgments V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Editor and contributor biographies XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Part I: The individual level
  7. Introduction 13
  8. 1 The role of founders’ tangible resources in founding new ventures 15
  9. The bootstrapping-bricolage interface 37
  10. 3 Effectuation and entrepreneurial finance 55
  11. 4 Portfolio entrepreneurs: The role of risk 75
  12. Part II: The inner circle
  13. Introduction 89
  14. 5 Informal financing of entrepreneurs 91
  15. 6 Funding entrepreneurs within business groups: An emerging market view 107
  16. 7 How business incubators and accelerators finance startups 119
  17. Part III: The wider world
  18. Introduction 137
  19. 8 Formal debt as a source of entrepreneurial finance 139
  20. 9 Microfinance and entrepreneurial finance: A review and future research agenda 153
  21. 10 Venture capital as a source of entrepreneurial finance 171
  22. 11 Corporate venture capital: A literature review and research agenda 195
  23. 12 The role of business angels in the new financial landscape 223
  24. 13 Government financing of startups 245
  25. 14 Family offices as startup investors: A synergetic relationship of the old and new economy? 265
  26. Part IV: Emerging perspectives
  27. Introduction 291
  28. 15 A scoping review of most influential entrepreneurial finance studies in developing countries 293
  29. 16 Conceptualizing gender in entrepreneurial finance: Past trends, current developments and future opportunities 317
  30. 17 Indigenous entrepreneurial finance: Mapping the landscape with Canadian evidence 335
  31. 18 Financing entrepreneurs in post-conflict and disaster zones 359
  32. 19 Ethics and entrepreneurial finance 375
  33. Conclusion 391
  34. List of figures 401
  35. List of tables 403
  36. Index 405
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110726312-013

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Acknowledgments V
  3. Contents VII
  4. Editor and contributor biographies XI
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Part I: The individual level
  7. Introduction 13
  8. 1 The role of founders’ tangible resources in founding new ventures 15
  9. The bootstrapping-bricolage interface 37
  10. 3 Effectuation and entrepreneurial finance 55
  11. 4 Portfolio entrepreneurs: The role of risk 75
  12. Part II: The inner circle
  13. Introduction 89
  14. 5 Informal financing of entrepreneurs 91
  15. 6 Funding entrepreneurs within business groups: An emerging market view 107
  16. 7 How business incubators and accelerators finance startups 119
  17. Part III: The wider world
  18. Introduction 137
  19. 8 Formal debt as a source of entrepreneurial finance 139
  20. 9 Microfinance and entrepreneurial finance: A review and future research agenda 153
  21. 10 Venture capital as a source of entrepreneurial finance 171
  22. 11 Corporate venture capital: A literature review and research agenda 195
  23. 12 The role of business angels in the new financial landscape 223
  24. 13 Government financing of startups 245
  25. 14 Family offices as startup investors: A synergetic relationship of the old and new economy? 265
  26. Part IV: Emerging perspectives
  27. Introduction 291
  28. 15 A scoping review of most influential entrepreneurial finance studies in developing countries 293
  29. 16 Conceptualizing gender in entrepreneurial finance: Past trends, current developments and future opportunities 317
  30. 17 Indigenous entrepreneurial finance: Mapping the landscape with Canadian evidence 335
  31. 18 Financing entrepreneurs in post-conflict and disaster zones 359
  32. 19 Ethics and entrepreneurial finance 375
  33. Conclusion 391
  34. List of figures 401
  35. List of tables 403
  36. Index 405
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