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The emergence of crowdinvesting in Europe
Hornuf, Lars; Schwienbacher, Armin - 2014 - This Version: August 15, 2014
This paper first presents the development of the crowdinvesting market in Europe since its start in 2007. Then, using hand-collected data on the complete set of crowdinvesting campaigns run in Germany, the paper shows that successful campaigns tend to be launched by new startups and when the...
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What do crowdfunding platforms do? : a comparison between investment-based platforms in Europe
Rossi, Alice; Vismara, Silvio - In: Eurasian business review 8 (2018) 1, pp. 93-118
Despite the growing popularity of investment-based crowdfunding, we know little about what platforms do before the … campaign. This is among the first studies to provide cross-platform evidence on investment-based crowdfunding. First, we … describe the regulation and development over time of investment-based crowdfunding markets in France, Italy, Germany, and the …
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Should Fundamental Rights to Privacy and Data Protection Be a Part of the EU’s International Trade ‘Deals’?
Yakovleva, Svetlana - 2018
This article discusses ways in which the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and post-GATS free trade agreements may limit the EU's ability to regulate privacy and personal data protection as fundamental rights. After discussing this issue in two dimensions – the vertical...
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Eulogizing Renewable Energy Policy
Davies, Lincoln L. - 2018
Across the globe, renewable energy policy is changing. The change is coming so quickly that it appears the world is now on the cusp of a new future. The renewable energy policy of the past is on its way out; a new and different policy is taking its place. That new policy has different end goals,...
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Access to funds : how could CMU support SME financing?
Kraemer-Eis, Helmut; Lang, Frank - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 86 (2017) 1, pp. 95-110
Many policy actions of the CMU have the objective to enhance access to finance for the so-called backbone of the European economy-the SMEs. The CMU aims at improving the framework conditions for SME financing, at strengthening bank lending-as the most important external financing source for...
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Young SMEs : driving innovation in Europe?
Veugelers, Reinhilde; Ferrando, Annalisa; Lekpek, Senad; … - 2018
Using large scale EIB Investment Survey evidence for 2016 covering 8,900 non-financial firms from all size and age classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic"...
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Uncovering the Outcomes of Equity Crowdfunding : Post-Funding Outcomes of Equity Crowdfunded Firms in Europe
Décarre, Maxence - 2015
The aim of this study is to explore the previously unresearched outcomes of firms funded through equity crowdfunding, a … novel type of entrepreneurial finance. We study the outcomes of a sample of 337 firms funded on equity crowdfunding … to equity crowdfunding campaign-related factors. A main finding is that the firms experience on average a peak in both …
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‘What to Expect When You Are Expecting’ a European Crowdfunding Regulation : The Current ‘Bermuda Triangle’ and Future Scenarios for Marketplace Lending and Investing in Europe...
Macchiavello, Eugenia - 2019
-and-see” approach, adopted in March 2018 a proposal for a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSPs) for businesses … crowdfunding and the complexity in reaching a common view on the same. The three European Institutions seem in fact to have … divergent views of crowdfunding and different ideas on how to regulate it, this delaying the approval of the proposed Regulation …
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The European Crowdfunding Service Providers Regulation and the Future of Marketplace Lending and Investing in Europe : the ‘Crowdfunding Nature’ Dilemma (UPDATED JULY 2020)
Macchiavello, Eugenia - 2020
The European Commission's Proposal for a Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSPs) for businesses … the different views of the three European Institutions about crowdfunding and on how to regulate it. Nonetheless, they …, after briefly describing crowdfunding main features, will critically and analytically analyze the main aspects of the ECSPs …
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