Digitization in the Market for Entrepreneurial Finance: Innovative Business Models and New Financing Channels

Digitization creates new financial channels that complement traditional intermediaries, but may raise concerns over fraud, cybersecurity, or bubbles. Artificial intelligence and machine learning change the way in which traditional investors work. This special issue focuses on economic, cultural, and regulatory determinants of fintech development, and on the new forms of information production and processing engendered by digital entrepreneurial finance. We provide a general overview of digitization in the market for entrepreneurial finance, illustrate how the different articles in the special issue contribute to advance our knowledge, and identify promising avenues for research.

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Digitization in finance creates new channels while also raising concerns such as fraud, cybersecurity, and bubbles, with traditional investors adapting to changes brought by artificial intelligence and machine learning. This special issue delves into the economic, cultural, and regulatory factors of fintech development, as well as the new forms of information production and processing in digital entrepreneurial finance.