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...

Purpose: Crowdfunding as an alternative financing method has recently gained ground and become a legitimate and feasible option for supporting creative and cultural projects. Whereas the reasons behind raising money on crowdfunding platforms are easy to understand, there...

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...

Welfare-state European model has been profoundly affected by the economic crisis. In this context, most of the EU member states decided to respond by undertaking short run policy measures. Government spending has been extended in order to create new jobs and to stimulate economic recovery. The...