Essays about: "Investment Crowdfunding"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 28 essays containing the words Investment Crowdfunding.

1. 6. Puzzles of the crowd: Investors' perceptions of information asymmetry and agency problems in equity crowdfunding

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Anton Löwstedt; Michael Pihl; [2019]
   Keywords : Agency theory; Equity crowdfunding; Financial intermediaries; Information asymmetry;

   Abstract : Equity crowdfunding is an emerging type of financing, providing small firms with a new source of capital and small private investors with new investment opportunities. Thereby, large crowds of small private investors are introduced to a context suggested to be particularly informationally opaque and where agency challenges exist. READ MORE

3. 7. Entrepreneurial behaviour after financing: Angel investment, crowdfunding and ICOs

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Adam Chasourakis; Thomas Lundgren; [2018-07-06]
   Keywords : entrepreneurial behaviour; crowdfunding; initial coin offering; angel investors; confidence; risk propensity; conscientiousness; openness to experience;

   Abstract : Entrepreneurial behaviour and traits are treated as concepts that have almost a static effect on choices and firm performance. The literature in the field of entrepreneurship suggests that such traits have a strong connection with success, performance and the business itself. READ MORE

4. 8. Impacting Information Asymmetry within the Swedish Equity Crowdfunding Market : An aggregated approach on how equity crowdfunding platforms work to govern, control and reduce information asymmetry

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Niklas Wahlberg; Alexander Olsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Alternative financing; Equity crowdfunding; Information asymmetry; Agency theory; Signaling theory; Mitigation strategies; Investor communication; Effective signaling;

   Abstract : The equity crowdfunding market has since the financial crisis in 2008 become an important source of alternative financing in Sweden. The equity crowdfunding platforms constitute the market and are responsible for governing the investment relationships. READ MORE

5. 9. The role of LinkedIn in Equity Crowdfunding

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Siiri Järvinen; Duc Nguyen; [2018]
   Keywords : social media; social networks; entrepreneurial finance; equity crowdfunding; start-up;

   Abstract : Traditional investment practices have been revamped with more and more modern methodsto fit entrepreneurial settings. The evolution of equity crowdfunding has created an alternative to venture capital,bank loans and business angels. Due its novelty, recent studieshave onlyfocusedon its mechanisms and financial regulations. READ MORE

6. 10. Wisdom of the Crowds in a Market of Lemons : An Evaluation of the Financial Information Quality in Equity Crowdfunding

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Fredrik Rhodin; Niclas Nyström; [2018]
   Keywords : Crowdfunding; information asymmetry; overconfidence bias; strategic behavior;

   Abstract : Online equity crowdfunding is a way for entrepreneurs to raise capital that has exploded in popularity in recent years. Information asymmetry and poor investor protection are threats for the long-term legitimacy of equity crowdfunding. READ MORE