Understanding success according to crowdfunding project’s initiators

Silva, Susana Costa e; Vieira, Ana Isabel Tavares

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Understanding success according to crowdfunding project’s initiators

2017-12Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Silva, Susana Costa e
dc.contributor.author	Vieira, Ana Isabel Tavares
dc.date.accessioned	2018-07-04T14:32:29Z
dc.date.available	2018-07-04T14:32:29Z
dc.date.issued	2017-12
dc.description.abstract	Over the past few years, a large number of projects related to entrepreneurship ideas have appeared daily in the media, due to the fact that they were sold as new solutions for companies or gave origin to new companies. These projects were mainly created by individuals who were students, unemployed persons or working people and, consequently, did not have a company of their own and, in most of the cases, also did not have the means to finance their idea. In some situations, the creation of a crowdfunding project presents itself as a convenient and riskless option for funding and this is frequently the reason why some project initiators decide to launch a campaign. The assessment of each campaign depends on the expectations of the project creator, who is in the best position to decide whether it was actually successful. Untangling how a project owner can assess the performance of its project is of major importance, namely when projects are launched by individuals who ultimately carry all the tasks involved in the initiative. This is a field of research within crowdfunding that remains, to the best of our knowledge, under researched. We propose a framework for the analysis of the success of these projects and we test it on six crowdfunding projects launched in Portugal. Our goal is to shed light to the factors that can be used by project creators in the assessment of the performance of their initiatives.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Silva, S. C., Vieira, A. I. T. (2017). Understanding success according to crowdfunding project’s initiators. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Oeconomica, 62(3), 83-100	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1515/subboec-2017-0015	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	1220-0506
dc.identifier.issn	2065-9644
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25172
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Presa Universitară Clujeană
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Crowdfunding	pt_PT
dc.subject	Project owners	pt_PT
dc.subject	Success	pt_PT
dc.subject	Goals	pt_PT
dc.title	Understanding success according to crowdfunding project’s initiators	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	100	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	3	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	83	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Oeconomica	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	62	pt_PT
person.familyName	Silva
person.givenName	Susana C.
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rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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