Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate differences between 46 countries, 25 of which are EU members, in their technological communication standards and technological efforts. Design/methodology/approach – Two indexes were developed. The first, labeled Index 1, measures the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of geographic distance in crowdfunding. Design/methodology/approach Under the assumption that investors are more likely to be attracted to local borrowers, this paper investigates whether this phenomenon is because of affinity or an...