Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; 1 Managerial Overconfidence; Abstract ; 1.1 Behavioral Finance and Cognitive Bias; 1.2 The Approach of Big Five Model; 1.3 The Behavioral Business Finance; 1.4 The Beginning of Overconfidence: The Stock Markets; 1.5 Overconfidence in the Management Area; 1.6 Overconfidence in Small and Medium Enterprises; References; 2 Managerial Overconfidence of Entrepreneurs: Contextual Explanations and the Aid of Technological Developments; Abstract ; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Literature Review; 2.2.1 Overconfidence

2.2.2 What Factors Could Lead to a Situation of Business Failure in SMEs2.2.3 Identify a Proxy to Recognize an Entrepreneur's Overconfident Attitude; 2.3 Hypotheses; 2.4 Research Method: Empirical Analysis to Test Overconfidence; 2.4.1 Data; 2.4.2 Sample; 2.5 Analysis and Results; 2.5.1 The Three Major Dependent Variables: EBITDA, Equity, and Borrowing Costs; 2.5.2 The Incidence of Independent Variables; 2.6 Discussion and Conclusion; References; 3 Level of Confidence of Male and Female Youth Soccer Players: On Detecting a False Underconfidence; Abstract ; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses3.3 Study 1; 3.3.1 Participants; 3.3.2 Procedure and Design; 3.3.3 Results and Discussion; 3.4 Study 2; 3.4.1 Participants; 3.4.2 Procedure and Design; 3.4.3 Results and Discussion; 3.5 General Discussion; 3.6 Conclusion; 3.7 Extension in Other Domains; References; 4 Closing Remarks on Overconfidence in Business and Beyond; Abstract ; 4.1 The Epilogue; References; Index