This research examines whether the adoption of narratives consistent with effectuation and causation in crowdfunding campaigns, impacts the likelihood of funders committing funds. The theoretical lens of effectuation are employed to examine the text narrative in a ten-year data set from...

Purpose This chapter addresses two main questions; firstly, whether the public sector should seek to play an entrepreneurial role in its local economy and, secondly, what kinds of roles it could undertake. This chapter addresses these questions through an engagement with Cooke and Morgan’s...