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The Bureaucratic Paradox of Citizen Agency: Institutional Crowding‐Out in Government‐Catalyzed Co‐Production in Shanghai, China

Governance, Volume 39, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Public service co‐production is often framed as a means of creating public value, yet its dynamics are complex when citizen‐led participation is catalyzed by strong public institutions. This mixed‐methods study examines government‐catalyzed, citizen‐centric co‐production in Shanghai, China, where the state provides institutional support ...
Huanming Wang, Xiaoyun Sun, Bing Ran
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneur fund-seeking: toward a theory of funding fit in the era of equity crowdfunding. [PDF]

Small Bus Econ (Dordr), 2022
Stevenson R, McMahon SR, Letwin C, Ciuchta MP.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Waywardness as Method for Sustaining Black Community Life in the Global North

The Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article offers examples of crowdfunded campaigns led by the Millennial Generation of Black (British) Feminist Creative Collectives (MBBFCCs) to suggest they are acts of ‘waywardness’ (Hartman 2019), which have produced spaces and tools for the sustainability of Black African‐ and Caribbean‐heritage communities in the global north.
Rita Gayle
wiley   +1 more source

Boundaries of Work: Elite Black African Identities and Place of “(Re)productive” Labor in Kenya's Extractive Industries

Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 5, Page 1947-1958, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the positioning of elite Black African women in extractive labor spaces, arguing that their experiences are shaped by interrelated feminist concepts of care, time, experience, equality, and difference. Using an African feminist theoretical framework, the study recenters African epistemologies of work and embodiment to ...
Nerea Amisi Okong'o
wiley   +1 more source

Crowdfunding and global health disparities: an exploratory conceptual and empirical analysis

Globalization and Health, 2019
Background The use of crowdfunding platforms to cover the costs of healthcare is growing rapidly within low-, middle-, and high-income countries as a new funding modality in global health. The popularity of such “medical crowdfunding” is fueled by health
Nora J. Kenworthy
doaj   +1 more source

Start-up Funding via Equity Crowdfunding in Germany – A Qualitative Analysis of Success Factors

The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 2017
Entrepreneurs often struggle to find sufficient funding for their start-ups. A relatively new way for companies to attract capital is via an internet platform, locating investors who in return receive something in return for their ventures.
Martin Angerer, Alexander Brem, Sascha Kraus, Andreas Peter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 6, Page 3165-3203, September 2026.
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

Thinking and feeling about novelty: How cognition and emotion shape investment in novel ideas

Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 8, Page 2208-2234, August 2026.
Abstract While prior research on the strategic framing of innovation highlights the cognitive mechanisms underlying novelty evaluation, we know little about the corresponding emotional mechanisms. Drawing on appraisal theory, construal level theory, and the literature on emotions, we theorize two distinct appraisal‐emotion pathways through which the ...
Matthew P. Mount, Henry Tue Le, Gary Bowman, Christopher Golding   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CAN CROWDFUNDING EMPOWER WAQF COLLECTION IN MALAYSIA?

Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law
This study examines the potential of crowdfunding as a mechanism for enhancing cash waqf collection in Malaysia.  A qualitative exploratory approach was employed, involving semi-structured interviews with ten experts and practitioners in waqf management
Muhammad Shahrul Ifwat Ishak, Nur Rasyidah Kamaruzaman, Abdulmajeed M. R. Aderemi, Hussein 'Azeemi Abdullah Thaidi, Muhammad Haziq Muqri Saifudin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Entrepreneurship and equity crowdfunding: a research agenda [PDF]

, 2016
The potential of ‘the crowd’ to enhance investments, especially at levels previously that could reduce the financial constrain faced by new ventures, has led to the introductions of regulations to dominate crowdfunding activities. One of regulated areas is equity crowdfunding, which has the potential to disrupt the existing market provision for equity ...
openaire   +2 more sources