Background: Prosocial crowdfunding helps the underprivileged obtain non-profit seeking loans from multitudinous lenders … crowdfunding and competition-based motivation mechanisms in general. …

Background: Crowdfunding has risen rapidly as a way of raising funds to support projects such as art projects, charity … projects, and new ventures. It is very important to understand how crowds in the crowdfunding market are organized to carry out … various activities. This study documents and compares two crowd designs for crowdfunding, namely pure crowds, where all crowd …

between peer-to-peer lending and other widely discussed terms, such as crowdfunding, social marketplace and finance 2.0. As a …