Volume 58 Issue 2

Special Issue on Crowdfunding

Financing by and for the Masses: An Introduction to the Special Issue on Crowdfunding
by Lee Fleming and Olav Sorenson

What Problems Does Crowdfunding Solve?
by Peter Younkin and Keyvan Kashkooli

Economics of the Ed Tech Revolution
by Richard K. Lyons

Crowdfunding in Europe: Determinants of Platform Creation across Countries
by Gary Dushnitsky, Massimiliano Guerini, Evila Piva, and Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

Democratizing Innovation and Capital Access: The Role of Crowdfunding
by Ethan Mollick and Alicia Robb

What Goes around Comes Around? Rewards as Strategic Assets in Crowdfunding
by Carina Thürridl and Bernadette Kamleitner

Are Syndicates the Killer App of Equity Crowdfunding?
by Ajay Agrawal, Christian Catalini, and Avi Goldfarb

The Present and Future of Crowdfunding
by Valentina Assenova, Jason Best, Mike Cagney, Douglas Ellenoff, Kate Karas, Jay Moon, Sherwood Neiss, Ron Suber, Olav Sorenson

Core Concepts

The Four Types of Crowdfunding
In the past, shipping a product or launching a company was only an option for those who had the money. But the internet has enabled creative new means of gathering capital.