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Onderzoek crowdfunding [PDF]

, 2013
Eindrapport van het Honourstalent-programma van de Hanzehogeschool Groningen. Het onderzoek beschrijft de beweegredenen en risico’s van crowdfunding bij het MKB.
de Boer, Alwin, Froma, Terence, Verheul, Maarten   +2 more
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Character and creditworthiness: Unveiling the role of job titles in peer‐to‐peer lending

Journal of Financial Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Using data from the Prosper lending platform, we examine the influence of job‐based trust on credit market dynamics. We find that the generalized trust implied by borrowers' job titles, as a reflection of individuals' ethical and integrity standards in professionals, positively affects listing and loan performance.
Zagdbazar Davaadorj, Bolortuya Enkhtaivan, Wenling Lu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving the role of equity crowdfunding in Europe's capital markets. Bruegel Policy Contribution Issue 2014/09, August 2014 [PDF]

, 2014
Crowdfunding is a growing phenomenon that encompasses several different models of financing for business or other ventures. Despite the hype, equity crowdfunding is still the smallest part of the crowdfunding market.
Testoni, Marco, Wilson, Karen E.
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Inscribing Impact: Measurement Practices in the Making of Moral Markets

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Moral markets, designed to generate positive impact on pressing social and environmental challenges, are transforming traditional market practices by including more than economic considerations in their operations. The importance of these markets continues to grow as investors, regulators, and consumers increasingly put pressure on companies ...
Guillermo Casasnovas, Lisa Hehenberger, Kyriaki Papageorgiou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whose Rhetoric Matters? Social Responsibility Rhetoric and the Moderating Influence of Social Roles in Crowdfunding Pitches

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract We use role congruity theory to examine how differing role expectations surrounding entrepreneur gender and race shape the influence of social responsibility rhetoric used in crowdfunding pitches. To do so, we develop a novel content‐analytic measure of social responsibility rhetoric using the Kinder, Lydenberg, and Domini (KLD) dimensions of ...
Aaron H. Anglin, Jeremy C. Short, Marcus T. Wolfe, Aaron F. Mckenny, Shane W. Reid   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies of Elaborating and Implementing Innovation Business-Projects on Crowdfunding

Вестник Российского экономического университета имени Г. В. Плеханова
The article studies practice of elaborating and realizing Russian and overseas crowdfunding campaigns of innovation business-projects aimed at finding criteria of their success and identifying their problem zones.The standing of the global market of ...
L. V. Lapidus, Yu. M. Polyakova, V. S. Tonoyan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The More, the Merrier? Membership Expansion and Incumbents' Boundary Work Divergence in the Platformization of Belgian Philanthropy

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract When actors emerge on the periphery of a field, incumbents either engage in protective boundary work to enforce the field's membership criteria, or opt for membership expansion by adapting these criteria to accommodate peripheral actors. Less explored is the divergence configuration where a minority of incumbents pursue expansion whereas the ...
Benjamin Huybrechts, Elodie Dessy, Danielle Logue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Friend or Foe? Crowdfunding Versus Credit when Banks are Stressed [PDF]

, 2015
Does bank instability push borrowers to use crowdfunding as a source of external finance? We identify stressed banks and link them to a unique, manually constructed sample of 157 new ventures seeking equity crowdfunding.
Blaseg, Daniel, Koetter, Michael
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How Do Businesses Finance New Investment?

The Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how UK firms finance new investment and whether their choices follow a financing hierarchy consistent with leading theories of capital structure. Using a survey of 2886 firms conducted by the UK Department for Business and Trade and the Bank of England (2020–2023), we examine six financing sources: retained earnings ...
Marc Cowling, Nick Wilson, Weixi Liu, Huan Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dangers, directness, and purposes of online collective actions

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Most research on online collective action investigates low‐effort, social media‐based actions rather than tactics with highly disruptive potential. To better account for the variety of forms of collective actions that use digital technologies, we conducted an open‐source intelligence search (Study 1a) and an expert consultation survey (Study ...
Catherine G. Lowery, Matthew Edwards, Laura G. E. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source