Entrepreneurship is multifaceted. The purpose of this review is to acknowledge and critically
assess the many and varied dependent variables (DVs) of entrepreneurship over the last 17 …

This article reviews the role and nature of equity crowdfunding (ECF) as a novel source of
entrepreneurial finance for unlisted startups and ventures. It is distinctive from extant reviews …

In an initial coin offering (ICO), new ventures raise capital by selling tokens to a crowd of
investors. Often, this token is a cryptocurrency, a digital medium of value exchange based on …

Crowdfunding is a rapidly growing phenomenon wherein entrepreneurs seek funding for
their entrepreneurial activities from a potentially large audience of interested individuals …

Start-ups often post updates during equity crowdfunding campaigns. However, little is known
about the effects of such updates on crowd participation. We investigate this question by …

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Entrepreneurs are turning to crowdfunding as a way to finance their creative ideas.
Crowdfunding involves relatively small contributions of many consumer-investors over a …

Prior research has focused on the factors that affect funding success on equity crowdfunding
platforms, but a detailed understanding of the factors that drive firms to search for equity …

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 …

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