An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the German organic
agri-food sector involves citizens through different community financing models. While such …

Business angels (BAs)-high net worth individuals who provide informal risk capital to firms-
are seen as important providers of entrepreneurial finance. Theory and conventional …

This paper investigates the contribution provided by business angels'(BAs) post‐investment
intervention to the interaction between young entrepreneurial firms and bank lending …

The following paper examines the history of patronage as it relates to creative and cultural
entrepreneurship (CCE). How have patrons transformed into the creative ecosystem that …

Social ties have been hypothesized to help people to gain support in achieving collaborative
goals. We test this hypothesis in a study of organizational crowdfunding (or'crowdfunding …

Crowdfunding is an interesting phenomenon in the field of financing, as it is evolving in
theory and practice. However, most research is focused on non-equity-based campaigns …

Crowdfunding is a popular fundraising system leveraged by several entrepreneurs to
support their business, in particular start ups and SMEs. This research presents a first …

Purpose We theorize the critical role of angel investors' affective experiences and first
impressions in the context of entrepreneurial finance. We develop a model and propositions …

In this paper, we study the effects of business culture on market efficiency. We exogenously
vary the type of business culture between business-is-business cultures, which consist on …

This paper aims to investigate the role that different forms of proximity have in the access to
Venture Capital (VC) by Innovative Startup Companies (ISC). By referring to the population …