Baltic Journal of Management: Volume 15 Issue 2

Editorial

Rotem Shneor, Natalia Maehle

Crowdfunding success: a systematic literature review 2010–2017

Rotem Shneor, Amy Ann Vik

The paper takes stock of accumulated knowledge on factors impacting the success of online crowdfunding (CF) campaigns while suggesting opportunities for future research…

Elective affinities: exploring the matching between entrepreneurs and investors in equity crowdfunding

Giancarlo Giudici, Massimiliano Guerini, Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

The authors investigate whether matchings in equity crowdfunding are more likely to happen if homophily exists between investors and investees. They focus on gender, age and…

The role of supporter engagement in enhancing crowdfunding success

Kalanit Efrat, Shaked Gilboa, Arie Sherman

Recent research has addressed the marketing aspects incorporated in crowdfunding activity, establishing their relevance to campaign success. In line with this, research has begun…

The effects of creator credibility and backer endorsement in donation crowdfunding campaigns success

Farasat Ali Shah Bukhari, Sardar Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Usman, Khalid Hussain

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of creator credibility and backer endorsement on the levels of donation to crowdfunding campaigns in a focal muslim…

Pure donation or hybrid donation crowdfunding: Which model is more conducive to prosocial campaign success?

Liang Zhao, Zhe Sun

Despite the growing research exploring the possibility and feasibility of financing socially oriented projects through crowdfunding, relatively little research examines which…

Varieties of cultural crowdfunding: The relationship between cultural production types and platform choice

Anders Rykkja, Ziaul Haque Munim, Lluis Bonet

Due to the unique nature of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs), the impact of crowdfunding on them is more significant than on other industries. This study investigates…

Sustainable crowdfunding: insights from the project perspective

Natalia Maehle

This paper explores the peculiarities of sustainable crowdfunding from the project perspective. The research question is: what are the distinctive features of sustainable…

The joint production of confidence – self-regulation in European crowdfunding markets

Ana Odorović, Karsten Wenzlaff

The paper discusses the rationale for a widespread reliance on Codes of Conduct (CoC) in European crowdfunding through the lenses of economic theories of self-regulation. By…