2019
DOI: 10.3390/su11041175
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Crowdfunding and Social Entrepreneurship: Spotlight on Intermediaries

Abstract: This study contributes to the literature by describing how crowdfunding platforms that host social entrepreneurship projects build and preserve legitimacy. We study three intermediaries, analyzing the actions they take to ensure that creators and funders perceive crowdfunding as a trustworthy form of alternative finance. This study shows that the legitimacy that funders ascribe to a project’s social and/or environmental aims is also a source of legitimacy for the intermediaries that promote social entrepreneur… Show more

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“…Shipunova, S.Yu. Kazantseva [30], P. Bento, M. Jacquinet, R. Albuquerque [6], N. Ivashchenko and N. Bulygina [15], T. Lunkyna, A. Ivanenko [31], A. Rey-Martí, A. Mohedano-Suanes, V. Simón-Moya [24].…”
Section: Results Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Shipunova, S.Yu. Kazantseva [30], P. Bento, M. Jacquinet, R. Albuquerque [6], N. Ivashchenko and N. Bulygina [15], T. Lunkyna, A. Ivanenko [31], A. Rey-Martí, A. Mohedano-Suanes, V. Simón-Moya [24].…”
Section: Results Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The above, in particular, serves as substantiation for applying the methodology of traditional commercial entrepreneurship studies in papers V.S. Hodgkin [21], D. Kelly [14], A. Rey-Martí, A. Mohedano-Suanes, V. Simón-Moya [24].…”
Section: Konyagina and M Krasnopevtseva [3]mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In reward crowdfunding, funders receive goods or services in exchange for investment and these rewards may be provided in other forms, including public approval, product pre-sale, or limited edition products. [21]. In equity crowdfunding, funders receive a stake in the capital of the company the funders invest in, and in loan crowdfunding, funders invest in the form of loans, allowing the funders to potentially regain investment with interest [21].…”
Section: Moderating Role Of Reward and Investment Crowdfunding Typesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…[21]. In equity crowdfunding, funders receive a stake in the capital of the company the funders invest in, and in loan crowdfunding, funders invest in the form of loans, allowing the funders to potentially regain investment with interest [21]. As an innovative financial technology (fintech), investment crowdfunding (e.g., equity, lending) disrupts traditional financial intermediation in various ways.…”
Section: Moderating Role Of Reward and Investment Crowdfunding Typesmentioning
confidence: 99%
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