Crowdfunding has emerged as an attractive financing option for sustainable
entrepreneurship, where entrepreneurs must overcome considerable investor uncertainty in …

Innovation is an important part of environmental policy, and encouraging innovation is often
an explicit goal of policymakers. A large literature in environmental economics examines the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for energy transition. Concerns
about the overwhelming emphasis on economic recovery at the cost of energy transition …

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 orientation has a positive effect on startups' initial valuation and a negative
effect on their post-funding financial performance. All else equal, improving sustainability …

This study draws upon the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion (ELM) to develop and
test a model of persuasive influence in crowdfunding. To test our hypothesized relationships …

Abstract The 2030 United Nations (UN) Agenda for Sustainable Development has posed
unprecedented challenges to businesses to integrate Sustainable Development Goals …

Existing studies on the relationship between sustainability and crowdfunding are focused on
campaigns that provide rewards for backers. Equity crowdfunding is substantially different in …

Purpose This paper aims to provide an in-depth examination of the emergent state of
financial technology (fintech), particularly emphasizing capital-raising innovations and their …

Purpose The paper takes stock of accumulated knowledge on factors impacting the success
of online crowdfunding (CF) campaigns while suggesting opportunities for future research …