How to Engage the Crowds to Create Value? Evidence from the Pathfinder Arena Case

Anna Prisco, Valerio Muto, Ciro Troise and Mario Tani
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Anna Prisco: Department of Economics, Management and Institutions, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
Valerio Muto: Department of Economics, Management and Institutions, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 21, 80126 Naples, Italy
Ciro Troise: Department of Management, University of Turin, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 Bis, 10134 Turin, Italy
Mario Tani: Department of Economics, Management and Institutions, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cintia, 21, 80126 Naples, Italy

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-22

Abstract: Reward-based crowdfunding has emerged in recent years as an interesting channel business that can leverage to obtain new financial resources outside the traditional ones. In this study, we explore how the creators of a reward-based crowdfunding campaign have engaged the crowd to create value and co-create knowledge to reduce both financial and market risks. Accordingly, we analyze the case study of the Kickstarter Campaign for Pathfinder Arena, a board game created by Giochi Uniti, an Italian Gaming Company. Through the lens of the social identity theory, we show that backers can generate the feedback processes needed to improve the product, when they want to belong in a community and when they want to interact with the creators. This research could have important implications for both researchers and future creators of reward-based crowdfunding projects, showing them the way to implement some instrument for involving the crowd to generate value.

Keywords: reward-based crowdfunding; the social identity theory; interaction; case study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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