Peter Roosenboom: SMEs need to innovate the way they finance themselves

Peter Roosenboom is a professor of entrepreneurial finance and private equity at the Department of Finance, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM). Professor Roosenboom's research and teaching activities examine the areas of corporate finance, private equity, corporate governance and financial accounting. His published academic articles have appeared in, among others, the Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Review of Finance, the  Journal of International Business Studies,  Contemporary Accounting Research, the Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking & Finance, Small Business Economics, Economic Policy, Abacus, and the Journal of Business, Finance & Accounting. He is currently an Associate Editor at Corporate Governance: An International Review, MAB, and at the Multinational Finance Journal. He previously has been an Associate Editor at the Journal of Banking & Finance (2011-2019). Professor Roosenboom's reputation and network are well-established within the European private equity industry and he is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences and seminars. He has been an advisor to the Dutch government on private equity and the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Professor Roosenboom obtained his PhD in finance from Tilburg University in 2002. He served as Department Chair of the Finance Department at RSM during 2013-2020 and Dean of Faculty at RSM during 2021-2022.