EU-SPRI Conference: The changing entrepreneurial finance landscape: challenges for policy

Some broad topics that might be addressed in papers submitted to the conference include:

 Public policy towards the financing of high-tech entrepreneurship and innovative firms

 The role of the Fintech revolution in the changing eco-system of entrepreneurial finance

 The effects of the financial crisis on SMEs and new ventures

 New forms of technology-enabled entrepreneurial finance (e.g. proof-of-concepts, ICOs)

 The relationship between different forms of finance (crowdlending, crowdfunding, business angels, venture

capital)

 The role of location and institutional characteristics in shaping the ecosystem of actors (and their relationships)

surrounding start-up financing

 Entrepreneurs and investors’ social capital and positioning into a network

 Business models and different sources of financing

 Policy challenges and the integration of European entrepreneurial finance policies

 The impact of the digital transformation on regional equity gap

 Financial markets, regulatory framework and the provision of finance for SMEs

 Crowdfunding: opportunities, challenges and critical factors

 Venture capital, innovation and high-tech start-ups performance through technological change

 Macro perspectives on financial markets, innovation, high-tech entrepreneurship and economic growth

 Innovative policy tools to finance innovative and high potential SMEs