Essays about: "Investment Crowdfunding"

Showing result 26 - 28 of 28 essays containing the words Investment Crowdfunding.

  1. 26. Leveraging customers as investors : The driving forces behind crowdfunding

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Berglin; Christoffer Strandberg; [2013]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; Customers; Investors; Crowdfunders;

    Abstract : Crowdfunding describes the emerging phenomenon of raising financing from a large audience via the Internet. The purpose of this thesis is to describe what factors influence individuals to invest in crowdfunding projects and to test their explanatory strength of how much someone invests. READ MORE

  3. 27. The Future of Equity Crowdfunding - Is "The Crowd" Capable of Good Investment?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Skoglund; Mina Stiernblad; [2013]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; Equity Crowdfunding; Venture Finance; Wisdom of the Crowd; Social Influence Effect; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Applying traditional Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance theories, the purpose of this paper is to examine “the crowd’s” capability of being a good investor. Our main finding is that “the crowd” is highly sophisticated and consist of individuals capable of being good investors. READ MORE

  4. 28. An Empirical Study into the Field of Crowdfunding

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Yi Zhang; [2012]
    Keywords : Crowdfunding; motivations of crowdfunder; platform; upgrade of crowdfunding framework; reciprocity cross-investment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of the master thesis is to describe and analyze the financing phenomenon crowdfunding and investigate the relation among the crowdfunder, the project creator and the crowdfunding website. Methodology: Case studies based on three crowdfunding websites including IndieGoGo, Kickstarter and SellaBand, nine crowdfunding projects derive from the three websites and forty-five crowdfunders. READ MORE