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Factors that support societal crowdfunding : Analysis from a Japan-Swiss perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Since the 2008 global financial crisis, the importance of social finance measures, such as crowdfunding, has been recognized worldwide. To identify the mechanism that supports crowdfunding, this study determined: (a) consumer consciousness and actual ...
4508, HASHINAGA, Makiko
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Can Private Equity Deliver on Its Societal Ambitions? What We Know and Don't Know About Environmental, Social, and Governance Factor Integration in Private Equity

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact Factors of Crowdfunding Intention Under Two Different Project Types: An Empirical Study From China

open access: yesSAGE Open
Despite the fact that China’s crowdfunding market has grown rapidly in recent years, project financing failure remains a common occurrence. Based on perceived value and perceived risk theory, this study constructed a research model of supporters ...
Cong Shen, Xin Hao, Bing Lei
doaj   +1 more source

Media portrayal of illness-related medical crowdfunding: A content analysis of newspaper articles in the United States and Canada.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
BackgroundMedical crowdfunding is a growing phenomenon, and newspapers are publishing on the topic. This research analyzed how illness-related crowdfunding and crowdfunding campaigns have recently been represented in newspapers that are popular in the ...
Blake Murdoch   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Crowdfunding – The Case of Slovakia and the Czech Republic

open access: yesKvalita Inovácia Prosperita, 2016
Purpose: Crowdfunding as a form of alternative financing has become a widespread and successful form of financing new ideas. In this paper, we investigate crowdfunding in CEE countries, Slovakia and Czech Republic, with a strong focus on reward-based ...
Michal Šoltés, Tomáš Štofa
doaj   +1 more source

The Adoption of Sufficiency Practices in Sustainability‐Oriented Businesses: A Mixed‐Methods Study of Enablers, Challenges, and Benefits

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sufficiency is increasingly seen as a necessary complement to efficiency and circularity strategies to help prevent the transgression of planetary boundaries. However, empirical evidence on their broader relevance in business remains limited.
Maike Gossen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Transformation for Sustainable Development of SMEs: A Systematic Review of ‘How We Know,’ ‘What We Know’ and Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to contribute more significantly to the sustainability agenda. Digital transformation (DT) has the potential to enable SMEs to fulfil their sustainable development goals. However, SMEs encounter unique challenges in leveraging DT for sustainability due to their size, limited resources and
Phuc G. Le   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Sustainable Entrepreneurship Create Value for Enterprises? Examining the Roles of Corporate Reputation and Entrepreneurs' Self‐Promotion Behavior

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To understand the heterogeneous performance outcomes of sustainable entrepreneurship, this study investigates the role of founder impression management. We develop and test a moderated mediation model, drawing on signaling and impression management theories, using a dual‐study design with longitudinal data (n = 217) and survey data (n = 259 ...
Rongzhi Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of FinTech on the Achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: A Hybrid Systematic Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Financial technology (FinTech) is recognized as an important enabler of sustainable development. However, it presents a fragmented and limited explanation of how FinTech may contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this hybrid systematic review of 93 articles published between 2015 and May 2026, this study ...
Salman Bahoo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

VALUATION MODEL OF CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS APPLYING SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING METHOD

open access: yesAgora International Journal of Economical Sciences
Every investor has some difficulties when investing into crowdfunding campaigns, as it is not clear how to evaluate specific crowdfunding campaign or what success factors to choose.
Santautė Venslavienė   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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