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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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CHI '14 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2014
Crowdfunding, the request of resources through social media, has generated much discussion in the popular press; however, there have been few systematic empirical studies of this growing phenomenon. We bring together the leading HCI researchers in crowdfunding and crowdsourcing to discuss this potentially transformative socio-technical innovation that ...
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Crowdfunding, the request of resources through social media, has generated much discussion in the popular press; however, there have been few systematic empirical studies of this growing phenomenon. We bring together the leading HCI researchers in crowdfunding and crowdsourcing to discuss this potentially transformative socio-technical innovation that ...
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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, 2021Wanxiang Cai +2 more
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Choosing crowdfunding: Why do entrepreneurs choose to engage in crowdfunding?
Technovation, 2022Louise Bech Junge, KRISTIAN Roed Nielsen
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