1st Edition

Crowdfunding European Business

By Antonella Francesca Cicchiello Copyright 2024
130 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

130 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book questions the ability of crowdfunding (especially in the lending and equity-based models) to contribute to the development of European businesses, and therefore, to the relaunch of the European economy. Following a mainly micro (firm-based) approach, the study investigates the advantages of crowd investors’ increased role both in making financial resources available to the industrial... Read more

1. The funding gap issue and the landscape of alternative finance 2. Equity-based crowdfunding: The new landscape of entrepreneurial finance 3. Loan-based crowdfunding: An alternative funding channel to credit intermediaries 4. The impact of crowdfunding on the innovation and growth opportunities of European businesses: Screening’ or ‘value-added’ effect? 5. The crowdfunding revolution: Looking at positive benefits from alternative finance across different dimensions 6. Conclusions

Biography

Antonella Francesca Cicchiello is a research fellow in Financial Markets and Institutions at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Economic and Social Sciences (DiSES) of Piacenza (Italy).