Table 2 Constructs and items Constructs...

Table 2

Constructs and items

Constructs	Components	Example item	References
Entrepreneurial Alertness (EAs)	Alert scanning and search (SS)	I am an avid information seeker	Tang et al. (2012)
	Alert association and connection (AC)	I am good at “connecting dots”
	Evaluation and judgment (EJ)	I have a gut feeling for potential opportunities
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE)	Identify new business opportunities, create new products, thinking creatively, and commercialising an idea or new development	I'm confident I'm successful at creating new products	Zhao et al. (2005)
Entrepreneurial Motivations	Market knowledge (PMK)	In ECF I look for getting market trends insights	Di Pietro et al. (2018)
	Networking (NET)	In ECF I look for connections with key industry players
	Promotion (PR)	In ECF I look for backers acting as marketing channels
Campaigns Characteristics	Campaigns' communication characteristics (CCCs)	# of Images posted	Mollick (2014); Ahlers et al. (2015); Vismara (2016, 2018); Lukkarinen et al. (2016); Vulkan et al. (2016)
Campaigns Characteristics	Campaigns' offerings characteristics (COC)	% of equity offered
ECF Performance		% funding collected Funds collected (in thousand €)	Ahlers et al. (2015); Lukkarinen et al. (2016); Vismara (2016, 2018); Vulkan et al. (2016)
		# investors

Constructs	Components	Example item	References
Entrepreneurial Alertness (EAs)	Alert scanning and search (SS)	I am an avid information seeker	Tang et al. (2012)
	Alert association and connection (AC)	I am good at “connecting dots”
	Evaluation and judgment (EJ)	I have a gut feeling for potential opportunities
Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (ESE)	Identify new business opportunities, create new products, thinking creatively, and commercialising an idea or new development	I'm confident I'm successful at creating new products	Zhao et al. (2005)
Entrepreneurial Motivations	Market knowledge (PMK)	In ECF I look for getting market trends insights	Di Pietro et al. (2018)
	Networking (NET)	In ECF I look for connections with key industry players
	Promotion (PR)	In ECF I look for backers acting as marketing channels
Campaigns Characteristics	Campaigns' communication characteristics (CCCs)	# of Images posted	Mollick (2014); Ahlers et al. (2015); Vismara (2016, 2018); Lukkarinen et al. (2016); Vulkan et al. (2016)
Campaigns Characteristics	Campaigns' offerings characteristics (COC)	% of equity offered
ECF Performance		% funding collectedFunds collected (in thousand €)	Ahlers et al. (2015); Lukkarinen et al. (2016); Vismara (2016, 2018); Vulkan et al. (2016)
		# investors