Crowdfunding: A Spimatic application of digital fandom

A system Dynamics Approach to Designing a Crowdfunding Model in Technological Entrepreneurship Ecosystem with a Focus on Technology Incubator Centers

Crowdfunding, a new financing method for funding ideas or ventures through a large number of relatively small contributions from many individuals has witnessed the phenomenal development over the past decade. It involves bypassing traditional financial intermediaries and using online web-based platforms to connect users of funds with retail funders. This research first explores in greater detai...

Gimme Money! Designing Digital Entrepreneurial Crowdfunding Platforms for Persuasion and its Social Implications

Cinetics: Beyond Crowdfunding?

This case examines the opportunities, benefits, and risks associated with online crowdfunding, which allows entrepreneurs to finance the development of new products and build a community of customers. The case describes how the founder of a startup company came up with the entrepreneurial idea and leveraged Kickstarter to establish and grow his company. The case elaborates how crowdfunding faci...

Community Impact on Crowdfunding Performance

Many digital platforms, regardless of their business domain, follow the common practice of incorporating social and community features in order to increase their user engagement and expand their online community. Although this practice is advocated by the literature and clearly makes sense, its implications are not well understood. In this research, we aimed to close this literature gap, provid...

An Interdisciplinary Review of Investor Decision-Making in Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is a quickly expanding phenomenon that emerged as an alternative way to finance ventures or individuals about a decade ago. In crowdfunding, individuals or ventures use online platforms to collect funds from a relatively large group of investors [1]. Today, it provides increasing competition for traditional financing agents such as venture capitalists (VCs), business angels (BAs), ...