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"In recent years, crowdfunding platforms have emerged offering founders the opportunity to present their ideas, attract potential investors, and to collect the required money for realizing their projects....The funding results of campaigns on a crowdfunding platform influence the benefits that project founders, investors, platform operators, and diverse interest groups receive.... Consequently, the question of how projects should be presented and how information has to be provided in order to increase the chance of successful project funding is of fundamental importance."

-Koch and Siering, "The Recipe of Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns," Electronic Markets (2019)

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Ebooks on Crowdfunding

Advances in Crowdfunding by Rotem Shneor (Editor); Liang Zhao (Editor); Bjø-Tore Flåten (Editor)
Call Number: E184 .C97 A33 2016
ISBN: 9783030463113
Publication Date: 2020-09-18
This open access book presents a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of knowledge on the state of crowdfunding research and practice. It considers crowdfunding models and their different manifestations across a variety of geographies and sectors, and explores the perspectives of fundraisers, backers, platforms, and regulators. Gathering insights from a wide range of influential researchers in the field, the book balances concepts, theory, and case studies. Going beyond previous research on crowdfunding, the contributors also investigate issues of community, sustainability, education, and ethics. A vital resource for anyone researching crowdfunding, this book offers readers a deep understanding of the characteristics, business models, user-relations, and behavioural patterns of crowdfunding.
Crowdfunding by Tamra Orr
ISBN: 9781534140868
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Crowdfunding in the Global Citizens: Social Media series explores crowdfunding through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a bibliography, glossary, and index.
The Economics of Crowdfunding by Douglas Cumming (Editor); Lars Hornuf (Editor)
ISBN: 9783319881812
Publication Date: 2019-06-06
This book focuses on various types of crowdfunding and the lessons learned from academic research. Crowdfunding, a new and important source of financing for entrepreneurs, fills a funding gap that was traditionally difficult to close. Chapters from expert contributors define and carefully evaluate the various market segments: donation-based and reward-based crowdfunding, crowdinvesting and crowdlending. They further provide an assessment of startups, market structure, as well as backers and investors for each segment. Attention is given to the theoretical and empirical findings from the recent economics and finance literature. Furthermore, the authors evaluate relevant regulatory efforts in several jurisdictions. This book will appeal to finance, entrepreneurship and legal scholars as well as entrepreneurs and platform operators.