How to design your project in the online crowdfunding market? Evidence from Kickstarter

35th International Conference on Information Systems "Building a Better World Through Information Systems", ICIS 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xiao, Shengsheng ^a   Tan, Xue ^b   Dong, Ming ^a   Qi, Jiayin ^c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Crowdfunding; Price endogeneity; Project design; Reward scheme design

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE;

CROWDFUNDING; ENDOGENEITY; ENTREPRENEURIAL PROJECT; HETEROSCEDASTICITY; PERFORMANCE BASED; PROJECT DESIGNS; SCHEME DESIGN; SURVIVAL TIME;

CROWDSOURCING;

EID: 85107714523     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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