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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 ...
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Overcoming barriers? The mixed results of social innovation accelerator programs for women entrepreneurs

Strategic Management Journal, Volume 47, Issue 6, Page 1576-1639, June 2026.
Abstract Research Summary Entrepreneurship accelerators are increasingly promoted as structural interventions to close gender gaps, yet studies have not established a differential impact of participation for women. This prior evidence—drawn from high‐tech, male‐dominated settings—may overlook how outcomes differ in more feminized domains such as social
Nilanjana Dutt, Sarah Kaplan
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Human + AI in Accounting: Early Evidence from the Field

Journal of Accounting Research, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 1333-1373, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper provides early evidence on the integration and impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in accounting at the accountant and task levels. Using survey data from 277 professional accountants, we document substantial heterogeneity in adoption patterns, perceived benefits, and concerns about GenAI.
Jung Ho Choi, Chloe L. Xie
wiley   +1 more source

‘I Would Feel Failed By the Medical Community Entirely’: Transgender Americans' Calls for Advocacy From Health Professionals in a Care‐Restricted World

Health Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 3, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Gender‐affirming care (GAC) improves the mental health, quality of life, and social functioning of gender‐diverse patients. In spite of this, GAC in the United States (as elsewhere) has become a major focus of debate, with several federal policy changes enacted through Executive Orders and legislation creating major restrictions on ...
Kay Wallace, Jayne Reynolds, Jesse Krikorian, Gaines Blasdel, Mary Byrnes, Daphna Stroumsa   +5 more
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How Do Businesses Finance New Investment?

The Manchester School, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 278-295, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates how UK firms finance new investment and whether their choices follow a financing hierarchy consistent with leading theories of capital structure. Using a survey of 2886 firms conducted by the UK Department for Business and Trade and the Bank of England (2020–2023), we examine six financing sources: retained earnings ...
Marc Cowling, Nick Wilson, Weixi Liu, Huan Yang   +3 more
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Situating African FinTech in Global Financial Networks

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 2, June 2026.
Short Abstract This paper explores the geographical patterns of firm creation and investments in African FinTech and how they have evolved since the emergence of FinTech on the continent. Our findings show waves of investment, specialisation of different FinTech centres and the networks of FinTech capital.
Julien Migozzi, Dariusz Wójcik
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Success under pressure: the role of competitive and market forces in equity crowdfunding campaigns: evidence from Poland

Future Business Journal
This study explores how competition and macroeconomic factors affect the success of equity-based crowdfunding campaigns (ECF). Using a dataset of 247 campaigns from multiple platforms in Poland, we use logistic, Tobit and fixed-effects panel regressions ...
Artur A. Trzebiński, Kamil Gemra
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A scoping review of cultural perception in alternative finance

Moroccan Journal of Quantitative and Qualitative Research
This scoping review methodically delineates the extant literature concerning the confluence of cultural perceptions and crowdfunding, an emergent and pivotal alternative financing modality. Guided by the PRISMA-ScR protocol, it examines 22 peer-reviewed
MAROUA Naji, HAJAR Khtiar, ZAKIA Benhida, SALAH Koubaa   +3 more
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Token financing vs. equity and crowdfunding

Economics Letters
We present a stylized model of three entrepreneurial financing methods based on two tradeoffs. First, token financing and crowdfunding reveal consumer-investors' demand for the product prior to investment, but upfront purchase weakens the entrepreneur's incentive to deliver. Second, token financing permits a bubble component in token value, but reduces
Edmond Baranes, Ulrich Hege, Jin-Hyuk Kim   +2 more
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The role of digital crowdfunding platforms in democratizing global entrepreneurship

Хабаршысы. Экономика сериясы
Digital platforms for crowdfunding have emerged as a breakthrough in the field of entrepreneurial finance, offering a digital channel for democratizing capital access on a worldwide level.
L. Paul, R. Rena
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