Democratizing innovation and capital access: The role of crowdfunding

California Management Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 72-87

  Mollick, Ethan ^a   Robb, Alicia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital Investment; Commercialization; Crowdsourcing; Disruptive Technology; Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Organizational Behavior; Women in Business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961933246     PISSN: 00081256     EISSN: 21628564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cmr.2016.58.2.72     Document Type: Article

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