Resistance to crowdfunding among entrepreneurs: An impression management perspective

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 219-233

  Gleasure, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Entrepreneurialism; Impression management; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CROWDFUNDING; ENTREPRENEURIALISM; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 84948710001     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2015.09.001     Document Type: Article

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