[HTML][HTML] Sustainability-oriented crowdfunding: An integrative literature review

JM Dinh, AJ Isaak, MC Wehner - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Crowdfunding has emerged as an attractive financing option for sustainable
entrepreneurship, where entrepreneurs must overcome considerable investor uncertainty in …

How digitalization reinvented entrepreneurial resilience during COVID-19

SC Santos, EW Liguori, E Garvey - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
The emergence of new digital technologies has transformed entrepreneurship and, very
likely, enabled many new and established ventures to avoid bankruptcy throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] Investing for good–Uncovering crowd investors' motivations to participate in sustainability-oriented crowdlending

JM Dinh, AJ Isaak, Y Yahyaoui - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sustainable ventures that pursue social and ecological goals alongside economic
profitability can contribute to innovative solutions aimed at conserving natural resources and …

The leisure paradox for entrepreneurs: A neo-institutional theory perspective of disclosing leisure activities in crowdfunding pitches

JA Waddingham, JA Chandler, KC Alexander… - Journal of Business …, 2025 - Elsevier
Drawing from neo-institutional theory, we examine how entrepreneurs' disclosure of leisure
activities influences the performance of their crowdfunding campaigns. We propose that …

Self-presentation in entrepreneurial pitches: a review of literature using the dramaturgical approach

I Vitanova - Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat/Review of …, 2023 - shs.cairn.info
Notably, papers focusing on communication within initial public offerings (IPOs) are not
included in this review because they are fundamentally different from other early-stage …

Pitching with your heart (on your sleeve): Getting to the heart of how display authenticity matters in crowdfunding

PP Oo, TH Allison - Journal of Small Business Management, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
It is known that people can distinguish authentic from inauthentic emotional displays. It is
also known that emotions are generally impactful in crowdfunding pitches. Yet, the potential …

[HTML][HTML] First impressions of digital pitches, innovation, and venture funding performance: An evolutionary psychology approach

JD Maurer, SA Creek, TH Allison, JS Bendickson… - Journal of Innovation & …, 2025 - Elsevier
We draw from evolutionary psychology to predict that the immediate recognition of certain
traits significantly impacts funding outcomes. Four such traits that are recognizable in …

The power of family firm image in rewards-based crowdfunding

TH Allison, AH Anglin - Journal of Small Business Management, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Family business scholars continue to debate whether the display of a family firm's image
helps or hurts the firm's reputation with stakeholders. We extend this debate to the lesser …

Bending light: How cognitive styles influence the pitch evaluations and performance predictions of crowdfunded ventures

R Chan, A Parhankangas, D Hsu… - Journal of Small Business …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Most entrepreneurial finance studies have treated funders as a monolithic group and
ignored individual differences in tastes. This overlook is complicated by prior studies …

COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship

A Sorgner - Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population …, 2023 - Springer
This chapter presents the results of a systematic review of literature (SLR) on impacts of
COVID-19 on entrepreneurship published in the first 3 years since the outbreak of the …