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Crowdfunding

, 2023
Is crowdfunding a disruptive innovation in entrepreneurial finance? This dissertation consist of three chapters that explore the emergence of crowdfunding as a viable financing alternative for entrepreneurial ventures. More specifically, I study the evolution, dynamics, and impact of the crowdfunding phenomenon.
openaire   +1 more source

Crowdfunding and the Glass to Power case study

reservedLa presente tesi si propone di esplorare il fenomeno del crowdfunding e, in particolare, dell'equity crowdfunding, indagando sulle sue diverse sfaccettature e implicazioni.
BISCARO, RICCARDO
core  

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

Audio Features and Crowdfunding Success: An Empirical Study Using Audio Mining

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
Crowdfunding videos have become a crucial tool for entrepreneurs seeking financial support, with audio design playing a critical role in attracting potential investors.
Miao Miao, Yudan Wang, Jingpeng Li, Yushi Jiang, Qiang Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating SME‐Inclusive Public‐Private AI Innovation Network: Evidence From U.S. Small Business Administration (1991–2023)

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding innovation policy is pivotal to enhancing national competitiveness for global value chain. This research investigates an SME‐Inclusive public‐private AI innovation network over time in the U.S. context (1991–2023), revealing how a government's demand‐based innovation policy bolsters technological prowess through isomorphism and ...
Jiyoon An
wiley   +1 more source

CONTESTED METABOLIC NODES: Shareholding Cooperatives and Planetary Ruralization in China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract China's recent shareholding cooperative (SC) reform heralds a shift from expropriation‐led rural change to a post‐expropriation regime in which the countryside is reconstituted through circulation, capitalization, and new forms of collective governance. Existing interpretations, whether framed as market‐driven de‐collectivization, state‐led re‐
Yong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Investor Sentiment and Crowdfunding Success: Evidence From Kickstarter

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how investor sentiment affects fundraising in reward‐based crowdfunding markets. Using Spotify‐based music sentiment as a proxy for investor sentiment, we show that positive sentiment increases both pledged amounts and the number of backers.
Pu Zhao, Feng Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Crowdfunding as an Innovative Financial Policy Tool for SMEs: An Overview of the European Market

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
Objective: The research is focused on an overview and evaluation of the potential of crowdfunding in the financial policy of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), paying particular attention to the European market, including varying forms and types which
Oleksandra Werbowa, Justyna Ziobrowska-Sztuczka   +1 more
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Motivations and barriers to crowdfunding [PDF]

, 2012
This modest study is a snapshot of Australian donor motivations and donor barriers to crowdfunding, and provides some tentative recommendations to Artsupport Australia on ways crowdfunding uptake in Australia might increase.\ud \ud Limited qualitative ...
Klaebe, Helen G., Laycock, Rebecca
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Financial Burden in Dental Care: Global Determinants, Policy Interventions and Access Inequities—A Scoping Review

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Access to dental care is often limited by financial, structural and social factors, contributing to persistent oral health inequalities globally. This scoping review systematically maps and synthesizes how financial pressures influence access, service utilization and oral health outcomes, particularly among underserved and vulnerable
Karthik Madhavan, Sheryl Ann Sajan
wiley   +1 more source