LEADER 05167nam 22006735 450 001 9910720080503321 005 20230504144616.0 010 $a3-031-30058-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-30058-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7246008 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7246008 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-30058-5 035 $a(OCoLC)1378795626 035 $a(CKB)26581860100041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926581860100041 100 $a20230504d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aInvestors? Preferences in Financing New Ventures $eA Data Mining Approach to Equity /$fby Francesco James Mazzocchini, Caterina Lucarelli 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (156 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Mazzocchini, Francesco James Investors' Preferences in Financing New Ventures Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031300578 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction: what is equity crowdfunding and how can the decision-making process of retail investors be outlined? -- Chapter 2. About entrepreneurial finance and factors affecting crowd-investor preferences -- Chapter 3. Definition and description of the analytical process: a data mining approach -- Chapter 4. Sample selection and platform characteristics -- Chapter 5. Data analysis and econometric models -- Chapter 6. Empirical results -- Chapter 7. Conclusions and contributions to theory and practice. 330 $aThis book aims at providing an empirical understanding of the main drivers affecting investors? preferences in financing new ventures through equity crowdfunding (ECF) and determining fundraising campaign success. ECF is increasing in prominence as a route for new ventures in obtaining external financial resources. To raise capital, entrepreneurs are required to convey quality signals of their proposals with real-time information and knowledge sharing. This book advances knowledge in entrepreneurial finance by investigating the factors that affect individuals? decisions to participate in ECF. The authors adopt a data mining approach to extract publicly available information from a multitude of crowdfunding platforms across different countries, producing a unique dataset. The book uses an innovative hybrid analysis to generate knowledge patterns creating data-driven models on one hand, and on the other test research hypotheses adopting statistical models to investigate empirical evidence in line, or in contrast, with the extant literature. The book also integrates organizational theories to examine the extent to which ECF platform managers follow a strategy of isomorphism in their choice of information disclosure. The final part of the book discusses how signals are interpreted by investors, how these affect financing preferences, and ultimately the successful completion of a fundraising campaign. The book will be of interest to academics and practitioners in entrepreneurial finance, FinTech, and investment behaviour. Francesco James Mazzocchini, Ph.D., is postdoctoral research fellow in Banking and Financial Markets at the Department of Management, Marche Polytechnic University ? Italy. His scientific interests are in the fields of behavioural finance, decision-making under risk, FinTech, innovative financing, and entrepreneurial finance. Caterina Lucarelli is Full Professor of Banking and Financial Markets at the Department of Management, Marche Polytechnic University ? Italy. Her scientific interests are in the fields of market microstructure, investors? behaviour, decision-making under risk, gender diversity, entrepreneurship and sustainable finance. Since 2007, as National Coordinator of a Research Project supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, she has cooperated with psychologist and neuroscientists to study individual risk tolerance. 606 $aNew business enterprises?Finance 606 $aFinancial engineering 606 $aEconomics?Psychological aspects 606 $aValuation 606 $aEconometrics 606 $aEntrepreneurial Finance 606 $aFinancial Technology and Innovation 606 $aBehavioral Finance 606 $aInvestment Appraisal 606 $aEconometrics 615 0$aNew business enterprises?Finance. 615 0$aFinancial engineering. 615 0$aEconomics?Psychological aspects. 615 0$aValuation. 615 0$aEconometrics. 615 14$aEntrepreneurial Finance. 615 24$aFinancial Technology and Innovation. 615 24$aBehavioral Finance. 615 24$aInvestment Appraisal. 615 24$aEconometrics. 676 $a332.6 676 $a332.6 700 $aMazzocchini$b Francesco James$01356114 701 $aLucarelli$b Caterina$0523214 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910720080503321 996 $aInvestors? Preferences in Financing New Ventures$93360364 997 $aUNINA