An empirical examination of the antecedents of contribution patterns in crowdfunded markets

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 559-575

  Burtch, Gordon ^a   Ghose, Anindya ^b   Wattal, Sunil ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowd funding; Electronic commerce; Free riding; Herding behavior; Public good

Indexed keywords

CROWD FUNDING; EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION; FREE RIDING; HERDING BEHAVIORS; NEW SOURCES; ONLINE JOURNALISMS; PUBLIC GOODS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84884605482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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