Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face obstacles in raising capital and accessing
financial services due to information asymmetry, high transaction costs and lack of collateral …

Small businesses are significant to any economy from the perspective of employment and
contribution to the national gross domestic product. Despite their significance, small …

Purpose This contribution aims to evaluate key theoretical bases that were used in previous
research, to investigate the use of crowdfunding platforms by small businesses and startups …

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

In this study, we explore how the religiosity and social orientation affects crowdfunding
success through the lens of the moral foundation theory. Using a sample of 17,000 …

Crowdfunding is emerging as an alternative form of funding for medical purposes, with
capital being raised directly from a broader and more diverse audience of investors. In this …

Purpose We developed and tested a theoretical model that measures the importance of
social media and dynamic capabilities with regard to improving innovation performance in …

The rising use of crowdfunding makes it important for project initiators to know how they can
increase the likelihood of success of their crowdfunding campaign. The effects of using …

Crowdfunding campaign narratives function as signalling tools for social entrepreneurs,
conveying organisational values to potential backers. In this study, we analyse 18,420 …

Arousing funders' motives for crowdfunding participation is a challenge for every
entrepreneur. According to self-determination theory, crowdfunding involvement is driven by …