Driving factors behind crowdfunding growth from both investors and entrepreneurs perspective
Islam, Md Zulfiqur (2017)
Pro gradu -tutkielma
2017
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2017121155589
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2017121155589
Tiivistelmä
This paper is a Master’s thesis study and it aims to find the driving factors behind the participation in crowdfunding activities from both investors and entrepreneurs point of views. This research paper solely focuses on the innovative and trending way to raise investments from the global audience which is publicly known as crowdfunding. The main goal of the paper is to find out the relationships of different probable factors from investor and entrepreneurs point of views which can have positive influence behind the participation in crowdfunding activities.
The background studies part of this paper has presented several relevant studies conducted about crowdfunding activities. However, based on these studies, it was quite imminent that there is a lack of researches on the motivating factors of people to participate in these activities. This is only because this sector is still a newfound one and there are a significant amount of researches are yet to be done. From the theoretical framework, author has presented some relevant theories behind different human behavior or psychology that may have influence over their decision to participate. Moreover, the background studies also include a view on the funding market related factors that are driving people to these activities.
This research paper is an exploratory research which is conducted using deductive method. To conduct this research, a set primary data has been used to evaluate the relationship between several factor and crowdfunding activities. This set of primary data has been collected through an online survey. Based on these datasets, the potential outcome of this research will highlight the significance of relationship between several factors, both from investor and entrepreneurs point of view, and crowdfunding activities.
The background studies part of this paper has presented several relevant studies conducted about crowdfunding activities. However, based on these studies, it was quite imminent that there is a lack of researches on the motivating factors of people to participate in these activities. This is only because this sector is still a newfound one and there are a significant amount of researches are yet to be done. From the theoretical framework, author has presented some relevant theories behind different human behavior or psychology that may have influence over their decision to participate. Moreover, the background studies also include a view on the funding market related factors that are driving people to these activities.
This research paper is an exploratory research which is conducted using deductive method. To conduct this research, a set primary data has been used to evaluate the relationship between several factor and crowdfunding activities. This set of primary data has been collected through an online survey. Based on these datasets, the potential outcome of this research will highlight the significance of relationship between several factors, both from investor and entrepreneurs point of view, and crowdfunding activities.