.... Design/methodology/approach A mixed-method design integrates fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and topic modelling to analyse 123 AI-driven reward-based crowdfunding campaigns. Combining configurational analysis with computational text analysis enables the identification of economic...

...Maria Eizaguirre; Ana M. Gómez-Olmedo; Andreas Kallmuenzer Purpose This study explores how environmental crowdfunding initiatives on Kickstarter promote mindful consumption types—acquisitive, repetitive and aspirational temperance—by examining their alignment with sustainable innovation...

...Jialiang Yang; Rene Arseneault; Goran Calic Purpose Drawing on integrated insights from signaling theory and the cognitive theory of multimedia learning, this study investigates the effect of video personalization on crowdfunding performance. “Video personalization” is defined as information...

...Nadia Arshad; Rotem Shneor; Adele Berndt Purpose Crowdfunding is an increasingly popular channel for project fundraising for entrepreneurial ventures. Such efforts require fundraisers to develop and manage a crowdfunding campaign over a period of time and several stages. Thus, the authors aim...

... reentry after crowdfunding failure. Particularly, it examines whether more confident entrepreneurs who failed in their original crowdfunding endeavor persist or change their plan in terms of the positioning of the crowdfunding endeavor and the funding goal in the subsequent attempt. Using a sample...

...Yalin Wang; Yaokuang Li; Juan Wu; Lihua Fu; Ruixin Liang Purpose Emerging evidence regarding crowdfunding challenges long-standing “gender gap” views of traditional entrepreneurial financing and indicates that female entrepreneurs may have an advantage in crowdfunding. Yet, the literature...

.... Specifically, when the entrepreneurs and the crowdfunding platform users interact via different types of crowdfunding platforms, pitch framing, including the signaling of ADT terms, project location and fundraising goal, becomes imperative to help facilitate crowdfunding success. Design/methodology/approach...

...Joe Cox; Jann Tosatto; Thang Nguyen The authors help develop a better understanding of the behaviors of contributors to online crowdfunding campaigns and whether those behaviors are consistent with altruistic motivations. The findings also have considerable value in understanding the non...

... only Sustainable entrepreneurs face additional challenges in fundraising. Crowdfunding is emerging as a compelling alternative to traditional sources of capital with a growing body of research outlining its characteristics and discussing mainly its antecedents. Yet little is known about...

...Arie Sherman; Hila Axelrad Purpose In recent years, crowdfunding has developed as a new fundraising alternative. Yet, the effects of the backing experience in reward and donation-based crowdfunding (DBCF) on well-being were researched only through qualitative practices. The current study offers...

...Katarzyna Prędkiewicz; Olga Kalinowska-Beszczyńska Purpose This research identifies and explains the key factors influencing the success of crowdfunding campaigns for eco-projects with the objective of detecting the types of eco-projects that may be most successful in raising funds. Design...

.... Methodologically, this study is also valuable. The use of fsQCA reveals the combinations of conditions that lead to the outcome (i.e. the reasons for low investment in crowdlending). Moreover, the analysis provides insight into the situation in Spain and the reasons why crowdfunding is less developed in Spain than...

...Kalanit Efrat; Shaked Gilboa; Andreas Wald Purpose The current study explores the emergence of well-being, a fundamental human goal, in the crowdfunding process by investigating entrepreneurs and backers' interactions within reward and donation campaigns. Design/methodology/approach The study...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that determine two forms of crowdfunding campaign success: success in securing the necessary financial resources and personal success in terms of the entrepreneur’s satisfaction. Specifically, it studies...

... crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending market leading to a sample of 507 business loan requests, 123 of which were requests to support new business ideas rather than existing businesses. Negative binomial regression was used to test hypotheses regarding whether aspiring entrepreneurs seeking convenience-based...

... in those cases and it should be better addressed in more specific studies. According to Hemer (2011) , the term “crowdfunding” is derived from the better-known term “crowdsourcing,” which describes the process of outsourcing tasks to a large, often anonymous number of individuals, a “crowd...

...Amélie Wuillaume; Amélie Jacquemin; Frank Janssen This paper provides a conceptual framework trying to better understand how emotions expressed through narratives may impact the entrepreneurs’ ability to raise funds from crowdfunders. The framework highlights a set of research propositions which...

...Thomas Niemand; Martin Angerer; Ferdinand Thies; Sascha Kraus; René Hebenstreit RQ1. How do geographical distance, exchange rate risk, transaction costs and uncertainty of legal issues influence the capital providers’ investment behavior in equity-based cross-border crowdfunding...