... by identifying how entrepreneurial finance involves not only resource availability but also temporal synchronisation, particularly within the resource-constrained environments of the developing world. By recognizing this temporal fit, the study redefines resource mobilization as a coordination challenge rather...

... and asking questions with respect to funding amounts. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on resource mobilization in crowdfunding by examining how video personalization impacts resource mobilization in a crowdfunding setting. The findings extend signaling theory by broadening its...

...Xiaoqing Li; David Sarpong Purpose Resource mobilization has come to dominate contemporary discourse on the making and survival of social enterprises (SEs). Emphasizing the socially constructed nature of idiosyncratic firm resource environments, this study integrates bricolage and social exchange...

... contribute to the entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship literature by linking insights from the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion and motivational framing to understand resource mobilization in prosocial settings. This study demonstrates that cognitive and emotional appeals could lead...