 Crowdfunding and the Role of Managers in Ensuring the Sustainability of Crowdfunding PlatformsJavier Ramos ()
No JRC85752, JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre Abstract: Crowdfunding is an alternative way of finance and exchange where those seeking funding and those looking to invest or donate can be matched. Creators and entrepreneurs can make use of online crowdfunding platforms to expand the pool of potential investors and donors, who contribute via the Internet to the financing their online project. Yet, crowdfunding is not just about raising money, but also about market testing, engaging potential customers and target groups and exploiting the advantages of community and proximity. Using short cases studies, interviews with platform managers and a review of the literature this report explores the current state of crowdfunding, and makes recommendations for policy and research. Keywords: Crowdfunding; Employability; Work; Employment; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Fund raising; investment; Skills; Internet; Equity; Lending; Reward; Donation; community (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc85752 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in JRC Research Reports from Joint Research Centre Contact information at EDIRC. |
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