Crowdfunding is now established as a valid alternative to conventional methods of financing for startups. Unfortunately, to date, research has not investigated how backers can be encouraged to support entrepreneurs beyond funding. The aim of this study is to design and evaluate certain design...

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....

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) emerged as a new type of fundraising that is conducted over the web and is mainly used by open-source blockchain-type start-ups to get their business started. While ICOs recently attracted a lot of attention from investors as well as the media, research on this...