Programming is a valuable skill in the labor market, making the underrepresentation of
women in computing an increasingly important issue. Online question and answer platforms …

Female entrepreneurs are subjected to stereotypes that make it difficult to secure funding.
Crowdfunding challenges many of the causes of this discrimination but we know little about …

Crowdfunding enables fundraising of various ventures by collecting money from several
donors. We argue that the inclusion of prosocial language contributes to success in this new …

Purpose The study aims to explore language style and gender match as a key part of initial
trust among potential donors and how this leads to funding success based on the similarity …

This paper uses daily panel data to study the effects that entrepreneurs' social networks
have on the success of their projects seeking capital from a potentially large group of …

Crowdfunding has been established as a new age method of raising finance. With various
online crowdfunding platforms coming into business, it has led to the development of a …

We use equity crowdfunding data to ask how fundraising amounts can be explained by what
entrepreneurs ask for, versus what investors want to invest. The analysis exploits unique …

In the journalism community's constant search for alternative funding sources, Crowdfunding
emerged as a promising mechanism that possibly allows new voices and approaches to …

This study investigates how project-specific factors, the project creator, and campaign
signals influence crowdfunding success in France. Analysing 424 projects from the …

This chapter looks at the evolution of alternative financial models and their contribution to
sustainable investment and finance. By democratising the access to financial resources …