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Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding
2020This entry examines the etymology of ‘crowdsourcing’, a term coined in 2005 by Wired editor Jeff Howe, and defines the term as set out by Estellés-Arolas and González Ladrón-de-Guevara (2012). Drawing on Brabham’s work (2013), it delivers an overview of crowdsourcing, -funding in entrepreneurship, science, technology and government, referring to ...
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How Do the Crowdfunders Judge the Crowdfunded?
2016This chapter addresses the reactions from communities of early supporters of companies turning from participative forms of financing to classical venture capital and/or buyouts by blue chip firms. Through the study of two recent cases of major crowdfunding successes, namely Oculus VR, a Californian company which obtained nearly $2.5 Million in an ...
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ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2013
Crowdfunding is changing how, why, and which ideas are brought into existence. With the increasing number of crowdfunded projects, it is important to understand what drives people to either create or fund these projects. To shed light on this new social phenomenon, we present a grounded theory of motivation informed by the first cross-platform ...
Elizabeth Gerber, Julie Hui
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Crowdfunding is changing how, why, and which ideas are brought into existence. With the increasing number of crowdfunded projects, it is important to understand what drives people to either create or fund these projects. To shed light on this new social phenomenon, we present a grounded theory of motivation informed by the first cross-platform ...
Elizabeth Gerber, Julie Hui
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Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship
The paper examines accent-based discrimination against entrepreneurs during the fundraising phase. Specifically, the paper focuses on audible minorities in U.S.—naturalized citizens and permanent residents who speak with a foreign accent—who try to raise capital for their venture on equity crowdfunding platforms.
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The paper examines accent-based discrimination against entrepreneurs during the fundraising phase. Specifically, the paper focuses on audible minorities in U.S.—naturalized citizens and permanent residents who speak with a foreign accent—who try to raise capital for their venture on equity crowdfunding platforms.
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Crowdfunding and social capital: A systematic review using a dynamic perspective
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2021Erik Stam, Friedemann Polzin
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Choosing crowdfunding: Why do entrepreneurs choose to engage in crowdfunding?
Technovation, 2022Kristian Roed Nielsen, Louise Junge
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