... connection. This research investigates a predictive model blending variables from these theoretical perspectives to determine crowdfunding success. Design/methodology/approach The research is based on data from 176,614 Kickstarter projects. A number of machine learning and artificial intelligence...

...Zujun Zhu; Junzhe Liu; Mengru Zhang Purpose Reward-based crowdfunding, an emerging financing channel for SMEs, has attracted significant attention from scholars and practitioners. Scholars have mostly explored investors’ herding behavior in platforms to better understand investors’ decision-making...

... motivations. Design/methodology/approach Based on online survey data collected from 436 crowdfunding donors in China, this study follows a structural equation modeling analysis to test hypotheses. Findings The results indicate that perceived ease of use, perceived self-efficacy and social connection...

... review on crowdsourcing that incorporates the relevant literature on crowdfunding as a value-creation tool. Crowdsourcing Crowdfunding Crowd venturing Systematic literature review Innovation New product development Platforms Projects Collective intelligence Wisdom of the crowd...

... view of some recent studies in the key research areas of FinTech, such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, crowdfunding and then to summarize the key contributions made by all the six papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach A literature review approach is adopted...

...Minghui Kang; Yiwen Gao; Tao Wang; Haichao Zheng Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify funders’ motivations for investing in crowdfunding. It applies trust theory to propose a research model including three subject measures – fundraiser-related, project-related and platform-related...