Crowdfunding is a successful disruptive innovation of fintech that substitutes financial
intermediaries and contributes toward financial inclusion and sustainable development. The …

Crowdfunding is an emerging means for financing by small and medium-sized enterprises
or individuals to attract capital from investors who look to obtain products, services, and/or …

Purpose This paper aims to investigate female founders' digital identities (ie the founder's
online self-representation) and explore how female founders' digital identities affect …

The ongoing dynamic market evolution has reshaped the way companies can create value,
thanks to new funding models and new market opportunities, especially in the early …

This paper highlights the factors that influence young people's attitude to participate in
crowdfunding campaigns, and to what extent such factors impact their investment intentions …

This chapter looks at the evolution of alternative financial models and their contribution to
sustainable investment and finance. By democratising the access to financial resources …

Abstract The concept of “Collaborative Innovation Networks”(COINs) has been successfully
applied in many projects over the past 15 years to detect COINs in given situations and to …

In this chapter, civic crowdfunding (CF) is explored as a digital value co-creation (VCC) tool
for supporting sustainable development. Specifically, by applying the VCC framework, we …

This study investigated loan officers' awareness and practice of crowdfunding within
microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Tanzania. Crowdfunding, a novel financing method linking …

Storytelling is an important skillset for an entrepreneur to possess in order to appeal to
funders. Crowdfunding is a relatively new funding mechanism, involving the crowd to fund …