Male entrepreneurs are known to raise higher levels of funding than their female
counterparts, but the underlying mechanism for this funding disparity remains contested …

We examine investor stereotypes and implicit bias in crowdfunding decisions. Prior research
in formal venture capital settings demonstrates that investors tend to have a funding bias …

The dearth of minority entrepreneurs has received increasing media attention but few
academic analyses. In particular, the funding process creates challenges for either audit or …

Drawing from clinical and organizational narcissism research, we develop a novel measure
of narcissistic rhetoric, investigating its prevalence in a sample of 1863 crowdfunding …

Entrepreneurial ecosystems have quickly become one of the most popular topics in
entrepreneurship research. Ecosystems are the characteristics and factors of a place that …

Despite widespread and growing public interest in sustainability certifications, many social
entrepreneurs have opted not to obtain such certification. Drawing on recent studies …

It is more than 10 years since the special issue on women and the financing of their
entrepreneurial ventures (Leitch and Hill 2006) was published in this journal. At that time …

Crowdfunding plays an important role as an alternative funding source for technology
ventures. No earlier studies particularly investigated the importance of social interactions …

Crowdfunding campaigns, where entrepreneurs seek consumer funding to develop new
products, foster dynamics that go beyond traditional seller–buyer transactions. This research …

Crowdfunding platforms have attracted the attention of practitioners and scholars alike. The
term 'crowdfunding', first coined in the early 2000s, describes a new institutional form in the …