TMI: Signaling Credible Claims in Crowdfunding Campaign Narratives

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 717-750

  Kim, Phillip H ^a   Buffart, Mickaël ^b,c   Croidieu, Grégoire ^c  

^a BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Université Savoie Mont Blanc   (France)

^c GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

crowdfunding; entrepreneurship; legitimacy; linguistic properties; narratives; signaling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994716208     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601116651181     Document Type: Article

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