Reward-based crowdfunding of entrepreneurial projects: the effect of local altruism and localized social capital on proponents’ success

Small Business Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 307-324

  Giudici, Giancarlo ^a   Guerini, Massimiliano ^a   Rossi Lamastra, Cristina ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding of entrepreneurial projects; Local altruism; Localized social capital; Reward based crowdfunding

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008477666     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-016-9830-x     Document Type: Article

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