Self-Donations and Charitable Contributions in Online Crowdfunding: An Empirical Analysis.

Authors: Liu, Zhuping¹ (AUTHOR) Zhuping.Liu@baruch.cuny.edu, Gao, Qiang² (AUTHOR) Qiang.Gao@baruch.cuny.edu, Rao, Raghunath Singh³ (AUTHOR) Raghunath.Rao@mccombs.utexas.edu

Source: Journal of Marketing. Jan2025, Vol. 89 Issue 1, p117-134. 18p.

Subject Terms: *Charitable giving, *Crowd funding, *Marketing, *Signaling (Psychology), Success

Crowdfunding Success for Female Versus Male Entrepreneurs Depends on Whether a Consumer Versus Investor Decision Frame Is Salient.

Authors: Gao, Huachao (AUTHOR) hgao@mays.tamu.edu, Wang, Xin (AUTHOR), Li, Xi (AUTHOR), Cotte, June (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Marketing Research (JMR). Apr2025, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p274-293. 20p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Entrepreneurship, *Businesspeople, *Businesswomen, *Consumer behavior, *New business enterprises, Frames (Social sciences), Perception (Philosophy)

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL? THE LONG TAIL OF CROWDFUNDING: EVIDENCE FROM KICKSTARTER.

Authors: Geva, Hilah hilahlev@tauex.tau.ac.il, Barzilay, Ohad ohadbr@gmail.com, Goldstein, Anat anatgo@ariel.ac.il, Oestreicher-Singer, Gal galos@post.tau.ac.il

Source: MIS Quarterly. Sep2024, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p1223-1238. 16p. 6 Charts, 2 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Businesspeople, *Investors, *Economic competition

Company/Entity: Kickstarter PBC

INFECTIOUS CONFIDENCE: UNRAVELING THE EFFECTS OF CONFIDENCE CONTAGION ON OVERFUNDING IN EQUITY CROWDFUNDING.

Authors: Yijing Li yijing1.li@polyu.edu.hk, Fei Liu fei-albert.liu@polyu.edu.hk, Lim, Eric T. K. e.t.lim@unsw.edu.au, Chee-Wee Tan chee-wee.tan@polyu.edu.hk, Yong Liu yong.liu@aalto.fi

Source: MIS Quarterly. Sep2024, Vol. 48 Issue 3, p1193-1222. 30p. 2 Diagrams, 9 Charts, 2 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *Equity crowd funding, Confidence, Social contagion, Enthusiasm

Engagement and Crowding-Out Effects of Leaderboard Gamification on Medical Crowdfunding.

Authors: Stratopoulos, Theophanis C.¹ (AUTHOR) tstratopoulos@uwaterloo.ca, Ye, Hua² (AUTHOR) Jonathan.ye@ou.edu

Source: Journal of Management Information Systems. 2024, Vol. 41 Issue 3, p866-891. 26p.

Subject Terms: *Campaign funds, *Crowd funding, Gamification, Legal evidence, Motivation (Psychology)

Crowdfunding as a Market-Fostering Gift System.

Authors: Maciel, Andre F (AUTHOR) amaciel3@unl.edu, Weinberger, Michelle F (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Consumer Research. Apr2024, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p1221-1242. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Consumer behavior, *Capital, *Digital currency, *Innovation management, *Entrepreneurship, Prosocial behavior, Gift giving, Democratization

"Want" versus "Need": How Linguistic Framing Influences Responses to Crowdfunding Appeals.

Authors: Su, Lei (AUTHOR) lei.su@cityu.edu.hk, Sengupta, Jaideep (AUTHOR), Li, Yiwei (AUTHOR), Chen, Fangyuan (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Consumer Research. Feb2024, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p923-944. 22p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, Semantics, Desire, Need (Psychology), Frames (Social sciences), Psycholinguistics

Social Ties among Fundraisers and Crowdfunding Performance: The Impact of Tie Strength and Network Closure.

Authors: Kao, Ta-Wei¹ (AUTHOR) taweikao@umich.edu, Zhang, Li² (AUTHOR), Shao, Benjamin B. M.³ (AUTHOR), Choi, Thomas Y.⁴ (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Management Information Systems. 2024, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p111-145. 35p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Social structure, Impact strength, Group identity

Impact of Project Updates and Their Social Endorsement in Online Medical Crowdfunding.

Authors: Wu, Yi¹ (AUTHOR) yiwu@tju.edu.cn, Ye, Hua² (AUTHOR) Jonathan.ye@ou.edu, Jensen, Matthew L.² (AUTHOR) mjensen@ou.edu, Liu, Linwei³ (AUTHOR) llwgeorge@tju.edu.cn

Source: Journal of Management Information Systems. 2024, Vol. 41 Issue 1, p73-110. 38p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Fundraising, *User-generated content, Panel analysis, Social influence, Individual needs, Boosting algorithms

Determinants of overfunding in reward-based crowdfunding.

Authors: Pinkow, Felix¹ (AUTHOR) felix.pinkow@tu-berlin.de

Source: Electronic Commerce Research. Feb2025, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p155-192. 38p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *New business enterprises, *Consumers, Reputation, Crowds

Breaking down the crowd of backers: profiling cooperative strategies on a reward-based crowdfunding platform.

Authors: Leclercq, Thomas¹ (AUTHOR) t.leclercq@ieseg.fr, Poncin, Ingrid² (AUTHOR)

Source: Journal of Marketing Management. Oct2023, Vol. 39 Issue 13/14, p1366-1390. 25p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Quantitative research, *Project managers, Social theory, Crowds

Caste Inequality in Medical Crowdfunding in India.

Authors: Shah, Arpit¹ (AUTHOR) arpit.shah@iimb.ac.in

Source: Journal of Development Studies. Nov2024, Vol. 60 Issue 11, p1793-1811. 19p.

Subject Terms: *Socioeconomic factors, *Equity crowd funding, *Crowd funding, Caste, Western countries, Research personnel

CROWDFUNDING SUCCESS EFFECTS ON FINANCING OUTCOMES FOR STARTUPS: A SIGNALING THEORY PERSPECTIVE.

Authors: Ryu, Sunghan¹ shryu@sjtu.edu.cn, Kim, Keongtae² keongkim@cuhk.edu.hk, Hahn, Jungpil³ jungpil@nus.edu.sg

Source: MIS Quarterly. Sep2023, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p1271-1301. 31p. 16 Charts, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Financing of new business enterprises, *Business success, *Information theory in economics, *Angel investors, *Venture capital

EQUITY CROWDFUNDING AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR USER ENTREPRENEURS: EVIDENCE FROM A RANDOMIZED FIELD EXPERIMENT.

Authors: Bapna, Sofia¹ sbapna@umn.edu, Ganco, Martin² ganco@wisc.edu

Source: MIS Quarterly. Jun2023, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p585-610. 26p. 1 Illustration, 13 Charts, 1 Graph.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Venture capital, *Businesspeople, *Entrepreneurship, *Investors, *Business enterprises, Prejudices

PICTURES THAT ARE WORTH A THOUSAND DONATIONS: HOW EMOTIONS IN PROJECT IMAGES DRIVE THE SUCCESS OF ONLINE CHARITY FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGNS? AN IMAGE DESIGN PERSPECTIVE.

Authors: Hou, Jian-Ren¹ jeffhou@gs.ncku.edu.tw, Zhang, Jie² jiezhang@uta.edu, Zhang, Kunpeng³ kpzhang@umd.edu

Source: MIS Quarterly. Jun2023, Vol. 47 Issue 2, p535-583. 49p. 10 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Diagrams, 34 Charts, 3 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Charities, Digital images, Image analysis, Emotions, Success, Empathy

Do project quality and founder information signals always matter? Evidence from equity and reward crowdfunding.

Authors: Huang, Xiaohong¹ (AUTHOR) x.huang@utwente.nl, Kabir, Rezaul^1,2 (AUTHOR), Nguyen, Thuy Ngoc³ (AUTHOR)

Source: International Journal of Finance & Economics. Jul2024, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p3309-3325. 17p.

Subject Terms: *Equity crowd funding, *Crowd funding, Signals & signaling, Factor analysis

Geographic Terms: Vietnam

Who holds the purse strings in online crowdfunding for Palestinian organisations?

Authors: Onland, Frederike¹, Srour, Mohammad Abu² abusrour.md@gmail.com

Source: Forced Migration Review. Nov2024, Issue 74, p23-26. 4p.

Subject Terms: *CROWD funding, *HANDBAGS, *CORPORATIONS

EXPERTS VS. NONEXPERTS IN ONLINE CROWDFUNDING MARKETS.

Authors: Lin, Mingfeng¹, Sias, Richard W.², Wei, Zaiyan³ zaiyan@purdue.edu

Source: MIS Quarterly. Mar2023, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p97-125. 29p. 2 Diagrams, 9 Charts, 8 Graphs.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Online marketplaces, *Specialists, *Investors, *Investments

Cross‐media synergies between TV news media and social media in charitable crowdfunding.

Authors: Dehdashti, Yashar¹ (AUTHOR), Namin, Aidin² (AUTHOR), Ketron, Seth C.³ (AUTHOR) ketr8015@stthomas.edu

Source: Journal of Consumer Behaviour. Jul2024, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p1768-1782. 15p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, Television broadcasting of news, Social media, Secondary analysis

Crowdfunding for innovation: a comprehensive empirical review.

Authors: Hoque, Md. Mukitul¹ orkohoque@gmail.com

Source: Future Business Journal. 8/31/2024, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-19. 19p.

Subject Terms: *Crowd funding, *Businesspeople, *Investors, *Organizational transparency, *Economic expansion