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View article: Venture Capitalists’ Decision-Making in Hot and Cold Markets: The Effect of Signals and Cheap Talk
Venture Capitalists’ Decision-Making in Hot and Cold Markets: The Effect of Signals and Cheap Talk Open
This study examines the influence of market conditions—hot versus cold—on the decision-making processes of venture capitalists (VCs). Prior research suggests that VCs prefer costly signals over cheap talk when assessing new ventures under …
View article: The Promise of New Ventures’ Growth Ambitions in Early-Stage Funding: On the Crossroads between Cheap Talk and Credible Signals
The Promise of New Ventures’ Growth Ambitions in Early-Stage Funding: On the Crossroads between Cheap Talk and Credible Signals Open
When entrepreneurs express their ambitions to achieve extraordinary financial growth, it may signal growth potential to early-stage investors. However, as this study proposes, promising overly high growth ambitions might backfire for entre…
View article: Signaling Theory in Entrepreneurship Research: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda
Signaling Theory in Entrepreneurship Research: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda Open
A rapidly expanding body of entrepreneurship literature draws on signaling theory. Yet as the field grows, common understanding of the theory’s underlying constructs has become increasingly fuzzy and riddled with ambiguities. To establish …
View article: Gender stereotypes in equity crowdfunding: the effect of gender bias on the interpretation of quality signals
Gender stereotypes in equity crowdfunding: the effect of gender bias on the interpretation of quality signals Open
Equity crowdfunding has the potential to democratize entrepreneurial finance and provide female entrepreneurs with new and equal access to early-stage financing. In this paper, we present first empirical evidence on gender stereotypes in t…
View article: Access Denied: How Equity Crowdfunding Platforms Use Quality Signals to Select New Ventures
Access Denied: How Equity Crowdfunding Platforms Use Quality Signals to Select New Ventures Open
Among the new ventures actively seeking funds through equity crowdfunding, only a lucky few seemingly survive the rigorous selection process imposed by equity crowdfunding platforms (ECFPs). With a conjoint experiment involving decision-ma…
View article: Innovativeness and Legitimacy in Equity Crowdfunding
Innovativeness and Legitimacy in Equity Crowdfunding Open
In this study, we examine the link between new venture innovativeness and legitimacy. While legitimacy research often assumes that all new ventures suffer in the same way from the liability of newness, entrepreneurial ventures may differ s…
View article: Food for Thought: Investigating Communication Strategies to Counteract Moral Disengagement Regarding Meat Consumption
Food for Thought: Investigating Communication Strategies to Counteract Moral Disengagement Regarding Meat Consumption Open
Eating less meat would benefit environmental sustainability, human health, and animal welfare. Providing information about this, however, does often not lead people to adopt according beliefs, attitudes or behaviors. In fact, dietary chang…
View article: Equity crowdfunding and the role of investor discussion boards
Equity crowdfunding and the role of investor discussion boards Open
Start-ups are increasingly using equity crowdfunding to raise necessary funding at an early stage. In this rather new form of financing, potential investors communicate with each other and the entrepreneurs typically through the discussion…