Fundraising

A smart contract is a program executed on a blockchain, based on which many cryptocurrencies are implemented, and is being used for automating transactions. Due to the large amount of money that smart contracts deal with, there is a surging demand …

This paper reviews Professor Mike Wright’s contributions to the management buy-out and entrepreneurial finance literature. It documents the development and variety of his academic work over time. We begin by describing Mike’s research impact …

This study examines the internal and external factors affecting behavioral intention of online donation and word-of-mouth via crowdfunding sites. The conflicting findings from the literature provided rationales and several key variables for this …

Reward-based crowdfunding attracts significant research efforts to understand its success drivers; the current study expands such efforts by exploring the word choices within project descriptions and their potential effects for crowdsourced …

Following the success of digital coins, such as Bitcoin, blockchain technology, on which digital coins are based, has attracted much attention. One of the main capabilities of blockchain is “to ensure any saved data is exactly the same as when it …

Halbout and Riboud-Seydoux offer a concise yet insightful guide to financing an Energy investment from the perspective of Energy investors and professionals. In the context of the substantial investments required to sustain the development of …

The chapter addresses supply, demand, and policy-related challenges faced by private, graduate business universities in Ghana to obtain strategies to improve the quality standard. Reviews of literature and published documents as well as lessons …

The chapter discusses the issue of the limited African capital markets that constrain the development of Africa. The capital markets are underdeveloped and are thin. African capital markets have great potential but they are experiencing severe …