Contemporary Issues in Finance

Current Challenges from Across Europe

Robert Thornton editor Simon Grima editor Frank Bezzina editor Inna Romānova editor Ramona Rupeika-Apoga editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Emerald Publishing Limited

Published:9th Nov '16

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Including studies on different topical issues in finance by the participants of the 8th international scientific conference “New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2016” this new work contains research from various European countries, specifically Germany, Italy, Latvia, Malta, and Poland. Chapters explore the impact of financial literacy on domestic economic activity in the Baltic States, the rapid rise of FinTech, which has changed the banking landscape, requiring more innovative solutions; Crowdfunding in the European Union, specifically examining the performance, development and perspectives; the case of Latvia to highlight the Profiles of SMEs as Borrowers, the factors that interfere with the availability of funding to the small and medium-sized companies, an analysis of Risk Parity Approach for Sovereign Fixed-Income Portfolios in Eurozone countries by looking at studies of preventive arrangements with creditors in Italy; and Mergers and Acquisitions by studying examples of best practices in Cross-Border acquisitions.

Editors Grima, Bezzina, Romanova, and Rupeika-Apoga present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on a wide variety of contemporary financial practices throughout Europe. The editors have organized the selections that make up the main body of the text in parts devoted to the impact of financial literacy on domestic economic activity in the Baltics, banking and Fintech, crowdfunding in the EU, and other related subjects. Simon Grima and Frank Bezzina are both faculty members of the University of Malta. Inna Romanova and Romana Rupeika-Apoga are both faculty members of the University of Latvia. -- Annotation ©2017 * (protoview.com) *

ISBN: 9781786359070

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216 pages