Crowdfunding Creative Ideas: The Dynamics of Project Backers in Kickstarter

By Venkat Kuppuswamy, Barry L. Bayus. 2015

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From the crowd to the market: The role of reward-based crowdfunding performance in attracting professional investors (2017, background): “…et al., 2015), whereas other works have explored the underlying dynamics behind the behavior of contributors of such campaigns, i.e., the backers, (Ordanini et al., 2011; Burtch et al., 2013; Agrawal et al., 2014b; Burtch et al., 2015; Cholakova and Clarysse, 2015; Kuppuswamy and Bayus, 2015).”
The wisdom of the crowd in funding: information heterogeneity and social networks of crowdfunders (2018, background): “‘Strong ties’ included family, friends, initiator of the project or employee (Kuppuswamy and Bayus 2015).”
In crowdfunding we trust: A trust-building model in lending crowdfunding (2020, background): “Research has already confirmed that crowdfunders tend to follow the funding choices of other crowdfunders (Agrawal et al., 2015; Herzenstein et al., 2011; Kuppuswamy & Bayus, 2015; Mollick & Nanda, 2015).”
Crowdfunding models: Keep‐It‐All vs. All‐Or‐Nothing (2019, neutral): “In line with previous research (Mollick, 2014a; Kuppuswamy and Bayus, 2014), duration is”
Success drivers of online equity crowdfunding campaigns (2016, background): “According to Kuppuswamy and Bayus [32], the majority of funds collected in rewards-based crowdfunding originate from companies’ existing networks, which include the entrepreneur’s personal social networks and social media followers.”
The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: An Exploratory Study (2014, background): “…even this expansive definition potentially leaves out examples that scholars in various fields have labeled “crowdfunding,” including internet-based peer-to-peer lending (Lin and Viswanathan, 2013) and fundraising drives initiated by fans of a music group (Burkett, 2011), among many other cases.”
Determinants of individual investment decisions in investment-based crowdfunding (2018, neutral): “This number is much smaller than similar measures calculated for reward-based crowdfunding platforms (Kuppuswamy & Bayus, 2013).”
Three provocations for civic crowdfunding (2014, background): “…the distribution of funding among crowdfunding projects bears striking resemblances to existing venture capital funding flows, while Kuppuswamy and Bayus (2013) suggest that within campaigns, donor behavior exhibits trends such as ‘herding’ (the tendency of donors to flock to campaigns that…”
Information Cascades among Investors in Equity Crowdfunding (2015, neutral): “Using a sample of Kickstarter projects, Kuppuswamy and Bayus (2014) found that a project’s additional backer support is negatively related to its past backer support, but this effect subsides as the project funding cycle approaches its closing date.”
Reward-based crowdfunding of entrepreneurial projects: the effect of local altruism and localized social capital on proponents’ success (2017, neutral): “This likely arouses a sense of self-efficacy in altruistic individuals, which boosts their willingness to contribute (Kuppuswamy and Bayus 2014) 3 .”