ABSTRACT Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending platform has experienced a prosperity in China from
2007 to 2016. However, in recent years, the risks and problems of the P2P platform increase …

Investment decisions regarding internet financial products considering network externalities: a
mixed-method approach | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings …

To deal with safety risks in a peer-to-peer (P2P) trading economy platform, later customers
may consider the decision of prior customers, constituting an environment where herding …

This paper investigates how platform design features affect the funding motivation of Muslim
users on loan-based crowdfunding platforms. Theoretically grounded in Andreoni's warm …

Various forms of social learning and network effects are at work on crowdfunding platforms,
giving rise to informational and payoff externalities. We use novel entrepreneur-backer data …

Purpose Digital platforms have grown significantly in recent years. Although high platform
failure risks (PFR) have plagued the industry, the literature has only given this issue scant …

After digital platforms have become successful in the information technology (IT) industry,
incumbents from traditional industries increasingly implement digital platform strategies …

We study how investors in peer-to-peer (P2P) lending use their information advantages in
decisions on when to place bids. Literature documents that better-informed bidders may …

The emergence of the ride-hailing economy has brought many benefits to society but has
also presented several unprecedented governance challenges. To address the latter, a …

Using the data from two leading online lending platforms in the US and China, Lending Club
and Renrendai, respectively, we compare the behaviors of risk aversion and risk-return …