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This year’s theme of the European Alternative Finance Research Conference is New forms of alternative finance for SMEs. We welcome the submission of rigorous quantitative, qualitative and/or theoretical studies related to alternative finance and fintech from an economic, law, sociological or other perspective.

Keynote speaker is (SKEMA Business School, Lille, France), a renowned European crowdfunding and entrepreneurial finance expert. 

Topics

• New forms of alternative finance for SMEs (for example peer-to-business lending, equity crowdfunding, initial coin offerings (ICOs), Security Token Offerings (STOs))
• Relationships between new and traditional entrepreneurial finance providers
• Role of regulation, types of regulatory framework and other formal or informal institutions
• Psychology and behaviour of retail investors
• Financial advisors that select and/or combine new forms of alternative finance
• Financial and entrepreneurial ecosystems for new forms of alternative finance
• Impact of new forms of alternative finance on innovation, entrepreneurship, and employment
• Alternative finance for sustainable start-ups and SMEs and in the arts and culture industry ï‚· Civic crowdfunding and match-funding for public and non-profit projects  

Paper submissions and deadlines 

Abstracts for papers of up to 300 words (in English) on the above mentioned topics should be sent to ecaf@uu.nl before 30-06-2019. The submitted abstract will be reviewed by a scientific committee. Notification of acceptance will be given by 15-07-2019.  

Prior to the conference (30-09-2019) full papers need to be submitted (~10.000 words). Submissions should ideally be structured as follows: 

• Introduction (Problem definition, research gap and objective)
• Theoretical foundation
• Methodology / empirical research context
• Finding/results
• Implications for entrepreneurial finance research and practice 

Every paper accepted for presentation will be assigned a discussant who provides in-depth feedback. 

Alternative Finance Network Europe (AltFiNE) 

The conference will also be the kick-off for the Alternative Finance Network Europe (AltFiNE); pending approval of European Commission funding. 

IECER Conference 2019 October 16-18 in Utrecht 

The 2019 Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) will also be held in Utrecht on October 16-18. An entrepreneurial finance track will ensure the connection between the two conferences. See

Information in brief 

Website and registration: www.uu.nl/ecaf  
Contact: Peter-Jan Engelen, Ronald Kleverlaan and Friedemann Polzin
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