In this paper, we investigate the optimal reward scheme design problem for online crowdfunding projects where project … considering crowdfunding participants' behaviors such as backers' altruistic motivation and heterogeneous beliefs in project … project creators in online crowdfunding market …

On online crowdfunding platforms, three stakeholder groups, i.e., platform operators, project founders, and funders …. Especially in reward-based crowdfunding, massive overfunding can lead to severe problems for project founders when vast amounts … demand-oriented distribution of funding. Our findings extend the understanding of funding processes on crowdfunding platforms …

Crowdfunding platforms offer promising opportunities for project founders to publish their project ideas and to collect … reciprocity, we extend previous research in the field of crowdfunding success factors. We provide a comprehensive view on factors … influencing crowdfunding success by both focusing on project-specific as well as founder-specific aspects. Analyzing a sample of …

Crowdfunding, as a specific e-business activity, changes the way in which entrepreneurs collect money for financing … change traditional financial flows and to change traditional principles of financial intermediations, crowdfunding has drawn … crowdfunding activity in general in the context of entrepreneurial self-financing. Then, on the basis of the case study analysis …