The road to crowdfunding success: A review of the extant literature

Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 97-123

  Butticé, Vincenzo ^b   Franzoni, Chiara ^a   Rossi Lamastra, Cristina ^a   Rovelli, Paola ^b  

^a School of Management   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; Crowds; Determinants of success; Fundraising; Literature review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051615704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198816225.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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