Crowdfunding is an innovative strategy for financing a new business venture from the
general public instead of seeking funds in traditional ways, such as issuing bonds or bank …

Purpose Crowdfunding, an alternative funding source to support entrepreneurial initiatives,
has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars. However, knowledge of the drivers and …

Firms often need to acquire external financial resources to maintain and develop their
business. To attract these resources, firms employ various substantive and rhetorical …

Crowdfunding has emerged as an effective method to raise fund for new venture creation
and success. Nonetheless, our knowledge is limited about motivations for the selection into …

Understanding Social Entrepreneurship is the leading textbook that provides students with a
comprehensive overview of the field. It brings the mindset, principles, strategies, tools, and …

Communication is a key determining factor of success in crowdfunding environments. In this
paper, we examine the link between language used by founders and the contribution …

Purpose This study adopts self-determination theory and stimulus-organism-response
framework to develop a model that explores the motivations of such donors by considering …

Purpose Crowdfunding as an alternative financing method has recently gained ground and
become a legitimate and feasible option for supporting creative and cultural projects …

Crowdfunding has gained a great deal of attention from policy makers, researchers, and
practitioners. This paper attempts to provide an overview of the history and development of …

As vertical crowdfunding platforms (eg, cultural and creative crowdfunding) are gradually
gaining widespread attention, it is vital to explore the determinants specific to their success …