Playing both sides of the market: Success and reciprocity on crowdfunding platforms

International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2013): Reshaping Society Through Information Systems Design

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 3052-3069

  Zvilichovsky, David ^a   Inbar, Yael ^a   Barzilay, Ohad ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; E Finance; IS Economics; Reciprocity; Social Networks

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CROWDSOURCING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CROWDFUNDING; E FINANCES; INDIRECT RECIPROCITIES; NETWORK DYNAMICS; PROJECT OWNERS; RECIPROCITY; SMALL INVESTMENTS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84897799001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2304101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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