Crowdfunding has emerged as an attractive financing option for sustainable
entrepreneurship, where entrepreneurs must overcome considerable investor uncertainty in …

Reward crowdfunding is a popular channel for entrepreneurial fundraising, whereby
backers receive non-monetary benefits in return for monetary contributions while accepting …

As a special type of social information systems, crowdfunding platforms draw researchers'
attention in recent years for their increasing popularity. In supplement to big-data analyses …

Purpose As luxury goods are losing their importance for demonstrating status, wealth or
power to others, individuals are searching for alternative status symbols. Recently …

In this paper, I explore how conversation analysis (CA) can be used as a method for
analysing online interaction. As the number and quantity of online communication platforms …

Purpose This study examines the determinants of medical crowdfunding performance.
Drawing on signaling theory, the authors investigate how funding-related signals (funding …

Free-to-play online games create significant revenues through sales of virtual items. The
argument that the sale of items that provide a competitive advantage (functional items) fuels …

Advances in digital technology have led to large amounts of personal data being recorded
and retained by industry, constituting an invaluable asset to private organizations. The …

The criteria for evaluating a crowdfunding project vary from person to person. Some
investors are concerned with the entrepreneurs' profiles, while others are more interested in …

Crowdfunding entrepreneurs increasingly use videos to present their venture and
themselves to potential investors. To do this effectively, they consciously or unconsciously …