The paper is aimed to study the influence of religiosity on the behavior of buying sports apparel in the Muslim market segment of India. The data was collected from 1000 Muslim respondents from four states: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, and Jammu & Kashmir. The paper has found that religion...

The study is aimed to explore the gap between the level of expectation in service quality and service perception and its influence on customer satisfaction of Toyota customers in India. A 25-item questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 1721 customers of selected states. Data was...

Participation in the political process is the fundamental right and responsibility of a citizen. Online political participation has gained popularity as it is convenient and effective. Political crowdfunding helps political candidates and parties pledge funds, usually small, from a large...

Crowdfunding has recently gained ground as an alternative financing means, particularly for start-ups and risky enterprises. We hereby analyse Romanian and South Korean students' intentions to use crowdfunding in their future ventures. Using PLS-SEM (N=441), we first investigated the influence...

Movies and web series are the most popular destinations of crowdfunding, and various approaches have been followed by project initiators. Filmmakers may use specialized or general crowdfunding platforms to raise money, propose fixed or flexible budgets, and use reward-based or equity-based...

Crowdfunding has recently gained ground as an alternative financing means, particularly for start-ups and risky enterprises. We hereby analyse Romanian and South Korean students' intentions to use crowdfunding in their future ventures. Using PLS-SEM (N=441), we first investigated the influence...

The study is aimed to explore the factors of subjective norms and their influence on shaping the intention of people to participate in crowdfunding. Data was collected from 155 respondents who have been involved in one or many crowdfunding campaigns as a contributor or fundraiser. Data was...

The study is aimed to understand the underlying factors for shaping the attitude of contributors or lenders in crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is an innovative method of raising funds through technological advances. As a large population which is known as “crowd” has shown its interest in this...

Purpose - A framework is suggested in this paper which will help crowdfunding platforms to match projects according to expectations of funders, leading to successful campaigns and thus increase the profitability of the crowdfunding platform.Research design, data, and methodology – The paper is...

The decision of an immediate lockdown in India had put economic, social and religious activities to a grinding halt. The paper examines the impact of lockdown and social distancing policies on economic activities in India using a multivariate econometric model of the data collected for the...