1st Edition

Crowdfunding and Entrepreneurial Finance

Edited By Richard Harrison Copyright 2016
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

An increase in the restrictions on the availability of funding for new and growing businesses in the aftermath of the global financial crisis has been accompanied by the emergence and growth of crowdfunding as an alternative method of raising capital. Crowdfunding contributes towards the disintermediation of the finance market as funders and promoters are brought together directly, democratising... Read more

1. Crowdfunding and the revitalisation of the early stage risk capital market: catalyst or chimera? Richard Harrison

2. Crowdfunding social ventures: a model and research agenda Othmar M. Lehner

3. Individual crowdfunding practices Paul Belleflamme, Thomas Lambert and Armin Schwienbacher

4. A conceptualized investment model of crowdfunding Alan Tomczak and Alexander Brem

5. Exploring entrepreneurial legitimacy in reward-based crowdfunding Denis Frydrych, Adam J. Bock, Tony Kinder & Benjamin Koeck

6. Social finance and crowdfunding for social enterprises: a public–private case study providing legitimacy and leverage Othmar M. Lehner & Alex Nicholls

7. Demand-driven securities regulation: evidence from crowdfunding Douglas Cumming and Sofia Johan

Biography

Richard Harrison is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Co-Director of the Centre for Strategic Leadership, at the University of Edinburgh Business School, UK. He is the founding co-editor of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, and the author of 5 books and over 100 academic papers.