Crowdfunding Innovative Ideas: How Incremental and Radical Innovativeness Influence Funding Outcomes

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 237-263

  Chan, C S Richard ^a   Parhankangas, Annaleena ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 85012892083     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12268     Document Type: Article

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