In recent years, entrepreneurs have increasingly turned to crowdfunding, a new form of
entrepreneurial finance, to fund projects. Whilst research has shown that signals originating …

Backers assess a crowdfunding campaign description not merely for a project's capacity to
deliver a reward, but also for the manner in which that reward is delivered. Viewed through …

Venture financing through social networks has become a global phenomenon. The
processes and drivers of crowdfunding require careful study to identify similarities and …

Online crowdfunding websites are multi-sided platforms that offer project founders the
possibility to publish their project ideas, to address potential investors, and to ask for …

Given the increasing popularity of crowdfunding as a new means to finance entrepreneurial
ventures, we assess whether and how crowdfunding campaign‐specific signals that affect …

Building on the insights from observational learning and other social influence research, this
study challenges the existing literature that proposes a linear relationship between prior …

We assess the relative importance of project, product category, entrepreneur, and location
effects on reward-based crowdfunding success. Applying variance decomposition analysis …

Raising money in the online crowdfunding market is an important way for start-up
enterprises to start their entrepreneurial projects. However, how to help creators design their …

Crowdfunding is a potentially disruptive way to finance new ventures. At the crossroad of
micro-finance and social networking, crowdfunding is undergoing intense scrutiny from …

Drawing on signaling theory, this study provides preliminary evidence that prior financing
certifies firm quality to investors and reduces information asymmetries in equity …