Which updates during an equity crowdfunding campaign increase crowd participation?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-27

  Block, Jörn ^a,b,c   Hornuf, Lars ^a,d   Moritz, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION AND COMPETITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurial finance; Investor communication; Updates

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019950250     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-017-9876-4     Document Type: Article

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