Social identity and signalling success factors in online crowdfunding

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9-10, 2016, Pages 605-629

  Kromidha, Endrit ^a   Robson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; entrepreneurship financing; signalling theory; social identity theory; success factors

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCE; INTERNET; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL THEORY;

EID: 84976345037     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2016.1198425     Document Type: Article

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