Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a significant source of employment for
many people in develo** and developed economies. However, one of the significant …

The fields of venture capital and private equity are rooted in financing research on capital
budgeting and initial public offering (IPO). Both fields have grown considerably in recent …

Entrepreneurial finance markets are in a dynamic state. New market niches and players
have developed and continue to emerge. The rules of the game and the methods for …

Nowadays equity crowdfunding plays an important role in the entrepreneurial finance
markets. To better understand the functioning of the industry, it is important to consider the …

This paper investigates whether gender, age, ethnicity, and geography affect the choice of
equity crowdfunding offerings vs initial public offerings (IPO) on traditional stock markets and …

This paper examines for the first time dual-class equity crowdfunding as a digital ownership
model. Unique to this context, companies can set an investment threshold under which no …

Research on initial coin offerings (ICOs) is nascent and assesses ICOs from the
perspectives of ventures and regulators. Little is known about the equally important group of …

We hypothesize that environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals enable
crowdfunding platforms to attract more investors and thus survive longer. Using data on the …

Sustainability may be a substantial competitive advantage for agri-food systems. Consumers
increasingly demand that agri-food companies be more focused on sustainability's three …

Equity crowdfunding has emerged as a new landscape for financing ideas and innovations.
While a number of countries has come a long way and developed equity crowdfunding …