Crowdfunding has enabled various entrepreneurs, artists and other individuals and organisations to bring projects to life. Despite all success stories, 63% of all projects initiated on the biggest crowdfunding platform kickstarter.com and 46% of all projects initiated on the biggest German...

The remarkable growth of crowdfunding has sparked academic interest. By collecting small contributions from a large number of individuals, entrepreneurs, artists and other individuals and organizations can raise considerable amounts of money. Despite the increasing academic interest in this...

Crowdfunding has become an increasingly popular financing instrument. Research in the field of crowdfunding mainly focusses on broadening access to finance for businesses, in particular young and innovative companies and SMEs. Our study looks beyond the potential of crowdfunding for businesses...

The last decade has witnessed the proliferation of crowdsourcing in various academic domains including strategic management, computer science, or IS research. Numerous companies have drawn on this concept and leveraged the wisdom of crowds for various purposes. However, not all crowdsourcing...

Crowdfunding is increasingly gaining attention in theory and practice as a financing instrument for a variety of different projects. Besides fundraising, crowdfunding also serves as a marketing tool. To better understand this effect, we developed a teaching case based on an interview with the...

Increasingly, firms follow the strategy of open business model innovation via the Internet. In this form of digital innovation management, firms make use of Internet platforms that allow them to integrate external customers and other stakeholders for (re-)innovation of their business models....