ALTERNATIVE FUNDING THECNIQUES. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

• Main Authors: Elena Mihaela ILIESCU, Aurel PLETEA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2018-05-01
• Series: Challenges of the Knowledge Society
• Subjects: alternative financing; venture capital; entrepreneurship; crowdfunding; peer to peer
• Online Access: http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2018_articles/index.php?dir=5_economic_sciences%2F&download=CKS_2018_economic_sciences_011.pdf

The main objective of this paper isto highlight the dynamics, diversity and especially the availability of an alternative financial market, developed outside of the traditional banking system, on online trading platforms, a market that can constitute an efficient solution, at the expense of entities open to fast funding, wide raging, with limited guaranties and minimum procedural and legislative formalities. For this purpose, we shall analyze briefly the main alternative financing methods, both empirically and qualitatively, in terms of similarities and differences between the two of them, inclusively of the amount that can be employed in this process through different methods. The current paper aims to be a practical guide meant to support those facing difficulties in obtaining financing for start-ups, implementing or/and developing business and entrepreneurship initiatives, and also a guide for those who want to be informed regarding the latest funding techniques. Another aspect to be considered is the legal framework in which this process takes place, because the regulation for these levers remains constantly behind the development process of new methods. The classic financiers should also consider reviewing the lending policy as the amounts attracted and accessed through these alternative methods increase exponentially from one year to the other, the volume of sums involved surpassing each time the forecasts, making thus possible the transformations of these paradigms from the financial sector into preponderant financial funding’s.