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

Crowdfunding recently emerged as an alternative funding channel for entrepreneurs. We
use pledge-level data from Startnext, the biggest German platform, to gain insights on …

Over the past three decades, research on entrepreneurial pitching has grown significantly,
with an increasing number of scholars in management, entrepreneurship, and other social …

Membership platforms allow creators to crowdfund a monthly income, while campaigns on
conventional reward crowdfunding portals aim to reach a specified funding target within a …

Purpose Crowdfunding (CF) is a fast-developing and multifaceted phenomenon at the
intersection of entrepreneurship, technology, finance and sociology. Although it is an …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how linguistic style and message substance
influence persuasion in civic crowdfunding marketplaces in which written narrative pitch …

Crowdfunding has become a popular course for early-stage financing for a variety of
campaigns. Research had focused mainly on factors contributing to campaigns' success …

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 …

Introducing a downside risk model, this paper examines the impacts of two conflicting
behavioral factors, backer warm-glow effect and creator risk aversion, on the creator's …

The lack of resources and support for female entrepreneurs and their ventures lowers their
chances of success and ultimately leads to the underrepresentation of female led ventures …