Purpose ¨C Paper aims is to describe, analyze and to increase the knowledge of the emerging crowdfunding phenomenon … be classified as an exploratory research. It focuses on how the crowdfunding works. The research addresses the following … strengths and the main weaknesses of crowdfunding? The findings expose purposes, characteristics, roles and tasks, and …

Crowdfunding is an alternative way of finance and exchange where those seeking funding and those looking to invest or … donate can be matched. Creators and entrepreneurs can make use of online crowdfunding platforms to expand the pool of … potential investors and donors, who contribute via the Internet to the financing their online project. Yet, crowdfunding is not …

This paper aims to present the conception of crowdfunding – the relatively new idea of raising funds from individuals … benefits. Article analyses and expands knowledge about essence of crowdfunding concept, its main types and characteristics. The …. The authors objective is to juxtapose the incentives and disincentives for both creators and funders. Crowdfunding as all …

Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding are relatively old practices, butthey got a dramatic boost by the Internet. Today they … people's enterprises in thatfield. In times of economic crisis, crowdfunding is seen by many observersand policymakers as the … only possible complement, if not substitution,for public funding of culture.The basic models of crowdfunding are shortly …

with examples the current legaldiscussion and developments about P2P lending and crowdfunding. …

investment projects and crowdfunding. Expediency of various venture financing technologies is estimated depending on specific …