Positioning relative to prior systematic and narrative reviews
| Review | Scope | Method | Key limitation | Distinction from this review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumming and Johan (2017) | Entrepreneurial finance broadly | Narrative review | No systematic search protocol | Systematic PRISMA protocol with explicit search strings and quality assessment |
| Block et al. (2018) | Alternative financing mechanisms | Editorial | Theoretical fragmentation unaddressed | Critical theoretical integration with testable propositions |
| Cumming et al. (2019) | New directions | Editorial | No methodological critique | MMAT quality assessment with inter-rater reliability (κ = 0.84) |
| Bellavitis et al. (2017) | Funding innovations | Editorial | Conceptual rather than systematic | Empirical synthesis of 53 studies with thematic analysis (NVivo 12) |
| Wright, Lumpkin, Zott, and Agarwal (2016) | Evolving landscape | Editorial | Pre-dates crowdfunding maturity | Post-COVID evidence (2019–2024) with resilience implications |
| This review | 2012–2024, A/A* journals | PRISMA + MMAT | Excludes practitioner outlets | Diagnoses entrepreneurial voice gap as structural problem; testable propositions; prioritized agenda; positionality statement |
| Review | Scope | Method | Key limitation | Distinction from this review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurial finance broadly | Narrative review | No systematic search protocol | Systematic PRISMA protocol with explicit search strings and quality assessment | |
| Alternative financing mechanisms | Editorial | Theoretical fragmentation unaddressed | Critical theoretical integration with testable propositions | |
| New directions | Editorial | No methodological critique | MMAT quality assessment with inter-rater reliability ( | |
| Funding innovations | Editorial | Conceptual rather than systematic | Empirical synthesis of 53 studies with thematic analysis (NVivo 12) | |
| Evolving landscape | Editorial | Pre-dates crowdfunding maturity | Post-COVID evidence (2019–2024) with resilience implications | |
| This review | 2012–2024, A/A* journals | PRISMA + MMAT | Excludes practitioner outlets | Diagnoses entrepreneurial voice gap as structural problem; testable propositions; prioritized agenda; positionality statement |
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