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REGIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND BACKER SENTIMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS
| Title: | REGIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL AND BACKER SENTIMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGNS. |
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| Name(s): |
Grimes, Joseph, author Pennathur, Anita, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Department of Finance College of Business |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Created: | 2024 | |
| Date Issued: | 2024 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
| Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
| Extent: | 90 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | Local social capital, defined as the level of community interaction and social participation of a region, has been theorized to positively affect economic outcomes and discourage opportunistic behaviors in various settings. I examine whether local social capital is related to positive outcomes for entrepreneurs and their financial backers in the settings of reward crowdfunding and small business lending. In my first study, I look at how local social capital influences the creators of successful reward crowdfunding campaigns. These creators, in turn, may influence the sentiment of their investors, or backers, towards their projects through missed delivery deadlines and poor communication. With comments collected from successful Kickstarter crowdfunding pages, I use textual analysis to construct a measure of the sentiment of project backers following the fundraising deadline. | |
| Identifier: | FA00014385 (IID) | |
| Degree granted: | Dissertation (PhD)--Florida Atlantic University, 2024. | |
| Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
| Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
| Subject(s): |
Crowd funding Social capital (Sociology) Entrepreneurship |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014385 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
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| Host Institution: | FAU |
