Purpose Crowdfunding, an alternative funding source to support entrepreneurial initiatives,
has increasingly attracted the attention of scholars. However, knowledge of the drivers and …

Purpose This contribution aims to evaluate key theoretical bases that were used in previous
research, to investigate the use of crowdfunding platforms by small businesses and startups …

Purpose This study explores entrepreneurial decision-making in the equity crowdfunding
(ECF) context, and it aims to shed some light on the relationship among three aspects …

This research explores how social capital, in the multidimensional perspective using
cognitive, relational and structural dimensions influences equity-crowdfunding (ECF) …

This paper presents empirical evidence suggesting that financial literacy moderates the
inverted U-shaped relationship between the amount of qualitative business information …

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

Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the scientific debate concerning the impact of
equity crowdfunding on the performance of crowdfunded firms after campaigning. To this …

A transition toward a more sustainable economy requires substantial innovations. To this
end, sustainability innovators need not only ideas but also financial resources. Yet …

Drawing from the rich literature in behavioural finance and extensive analysis of forum data
from a UK equity crowdfunding platform, we present a comprehensive framework that …

Purpose The crowdfunding concept and activities have recently been the focus of attention
of many researchers and practitioners over different business contexts. However, there is a …