Crowdfunding has become important in recent years. However, there is no comprehensive
overview of the economic literature on this topic. This paper provides an overview of …

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 …

Interactions between project creators and backers on the crowdfunding platform represent
the linchpin of every campaign. However, the resulting internal social capital has received …

Economic growth in many countries is increasingly driven by successful startups that
operate as online platforms. These success stories have motivated us to define and classify …

This paper examines how (1) a crowdfunding campaign's prosociality (the production of a
public versus private good),(2) the social network structure (embeddedness) among …

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 …

Persuasion success is often related to hard-to-measure characteristics, such as the way the
persuader speaks. To examine how vocal tones impact persuasion in an online appeal, this …

We investigate a supply chain in which a retailer is supplied by two manufacturers with
differentiated brands, a good brand and an average brand. The customers in the market are …

Problem definition: We study how a new development in entrepreneurship—crowdfunding—
interacts with more traditional financing sources such as venture capital investors (VCs) and …

Different types of crowdfunding backers adopt various social and economic roles, beyond
just financial support. Yet the most appropriate message strategy for attracting these different …