Crowdfunding has become important in recent years. However, there is no comprehensive
overview of the economic literature on this topic. This paper provides an overview of …

This article reviews the role and nature of equity crowdfunding (ECF) as a novel source of
entrepreneurial finance for unlisted startups and ventures. It is distinctive from extant reviews …

Purpose Researchers have called for the synthesis of divergent perspectives and the
development of a theoretical model that examines individuals' donation behavior in …

We examine the relation of soft factors that are derived from the description texts to the
probability of successful funding and to the default probability in peer-to-peer lending for two …

Without incertitude, SMEs have become the significant clout of sustained, instantaneous and
bracing growth of Nigeria economy. Moreover, SMEs has performed an unparalleled role in …

Crowdfunding represents an alternative way of funding entrepreneurial ventures–and is
attracting a high amount of interest in research as well as practice. Against this background …

Purpose This paper explores knowledge sharing (KS) and intellectual capital (IC) impacts
on the success rate of equity crowdfunding (EC) campaigns in the Italian market, which …

Crowdfunding platforms constitute two-sided markets, bringing together entrepreneurs and
potential backers; this peer-based fundraising schema introduces new dynamics into the …

This paper examines how (1) a crowdfunding campaign's prosociality (the production of a
public versus private good),(2) the social network structure (embeddedness) among …

Crowdfunding represents an alternative way of funding compared to traditional borrowing.
As a principle, crowdfunding is open to everyone-private persons as well as economic …