How environmental and social orientations influence the funding success of investment-based crowdfunding: The mediating role of the number of funders and the …

J Hörisch, I Tenner - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmentally and socially oriented ventures have great potential for contributing to
sustainable development. Many expect crowdfunding to be able to unleash this potential by …

Crowdfunding for environmental ventures: an empirical analysis of the influence of environmental orientation on the success of crowdfunding initiatives

J Hörisch - Journal of cleaner production, 2015 - Elsevier
The realisation of many environmental ventures requires funding from external parties,
which is not always easy to obtain. Crowdfunding offers a new potential source of financing …

Do crowdfunding returns reward risk? Evidences from clean-tech projects

N Bento, G Gianfrate, SV Groppo - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2019 - Elsevier
The growing literature on crowdfunding has mostly focused on the determinants of
campaigns success, as well as on the legal and macroeconomic drivers of the crowdfunding …

Crowdfunding and sustainable development

A Motylska-Kuzma - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to verify the hypothesis that crowdfunding campaigns with
sustainable orientations are significantly more likely to convince investors and successfully …

Understanding the crowdfunding phenomenon and its implications for sustainability

AM Petruzzelli, A Natalicchio, U Panniello… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nonetheless the large body of knowledge rapidly accumulated on crowdfunding as well as
the growing relevance of this phenomenon for sustainability, there are very few studies on …

'Think big'or'small is beautiful'? An empirical analysis of characteristics and determinants of success of sustainable crowdfunding projects

J Hörisch - International Journal of Entrepreneurial …, 2018 - inderscienceonline.com
This paper deals with crowdfunding for sustainable ventures. It uses an empirical dataset
gained from the two largest sustainability-oriented crowdfunding platforms in Germany. In a …

Crowdfunding sustainable entrepreneurship: What are the characteristics of crowdfunding investors?

I Tenner, J Hörisch - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
By addressing the financing gap for sustainable entrepreneurs, crowdfunding holds great
potential to tackle environmental and social issues. Characterizing the target group of …

Sustainability in equity crowdfunding

S Vismara - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019 - Elsevier
Existing studies on the relationship between sustainability and crowdfunding are focused on
campaigns that provide rewards for backers. Equity crowdfunding is substantially different in …

Crowdfunding for sustainability ventures

N Bento, G Gianfrate, MH Thoni - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable entrepreneurship is raising and already providing a response to environmental,
social and economic issues. However, it is still at disadvantage when seeks funding from …

Sustainable financing through crowdfunding

C Martínez-Climent, R Costa-Climent, P Oghazi - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of crowdfunding has been widely studied, while the sustainability of
crowdfunded ventures is attracting growing interest from academia and society. In light of …