"Crowdfunding, as a phenomenon, has experienced rapid growth over the past decade, in part because it offers entrepreneurs and innovators a funding opportunity for their activities (Mollick, 2014; Short et al., 2017; Testa et al., 2019; Troise et al., 2023b). As a financial innovation, crowdfunding provides an important alternative to traditional financing of new venture creation or innovations (Bruton et al., 2015; Block et al., 2018; Troise et al., 2020a, b). As a financial innovation, crowdfunding has gained a substantial amount of interest from multiple stakeholders such as governments, practitioners and scholars (Belleflamme et al., 2014; Stefani et al., 2019). Even though crowdfunding has gained substantial interest in the practitioner and scholarly literature, the research literature on crowdfunding is fragmented and sparse (Drover et al., 2017; Short et al., 2017; Mochkabadi and Volkmann, 2020; Troise et al., 2022c, 2023a). Scholars observe that this may be due to the fact that crowdfunding literature is still in its infancy (Mochkabadi and Volkmann, 2020). This means that crowdfunding, as a concept, holds promise for future research to advance our collective knowledge." (Troise, C., Sorrentino, M. and Schjoedt, L. (2024), "Guest editorial: Crowdfunding and innovation management: moving forward with platform-based innovation management", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2173-2182.)
This virtual issue collates papers on crowdfunding and innovation management in EJIM. The papers below are free to access from 20th January to 20th March.
- Alalwan, A.A., Baabdullah, A.M., Mahfod, J.O., Jones, P., Sharma, A. and Dwivedi, Y.K. (2024), "Entrepreneurial e-equity crowdfunding platforms: antecedents of knowledge acquisition and innovation performance", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 521-550.
- Amoozad Mahdiraji, H., Razavi Hajiagha, S.H., Jafari-Sadeghi, V., Busso, D. and Devalle, A. (2024), "Towards financing the entrepreneurial SMEs: exploring the innovation drivers of successful crowdfunding via a multi-layer decision-making approach", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2275-2301.
- Camilleri, M.A. and Bresciani, S. (2024), "Crowdfunding small businesses and startups: a systematic review, an appraisal of theoretical insights and future research directions", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2183-2209.
- Crocco, E., Giacosa, E., Yahiaoui, D. and Culasso, F. (2024), "Crowd inputs in reward-based and equity-based crowdfunding: a latent Dirichlet allocation approach on their potential for innovation", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2250-2274.
- Graziano, E.A., Fattobene, L., Giovando, G. and Pellicelli, A. (2024), "Contacts on LinkedIn: equity crowdfunding platforms' networks and creators' innovation performance", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2351-2372.
- Lerro, A., Santarsiero, F., Schiuma, G. and Bartuseviciene, I. (2024), "Mapping knowledge assets categories for successful crowdfunding strategies", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2302-2325.
- Matricano, D. and Candelo, E. (2024), "Matching innovation strategies and crowdfunding campaigns: an explorative investigation", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2232-2249.
- Salvi, A., Boscia, V., Nirino, N., Alam, G.M. and Petruzzella, F. (2024), "How relevant is the individual’s levels of innovativeness in the investment decisions in equity crowdfunding campaigns?", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2373-2391.
- Testa, S., Atawna, T., Baldi, G. and Cincotti, S. (2022), "The innovation potential of Islamic crowdfunding platforms in contributing to sustainable development", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 25 No. 6, pp. 1008-1035.
- Troise, C., Sorrentino, M. and Schjoedt, L. (2024), "Guest editorial: Crowdfunding and innovation management: moving forward with platform-based innovation management", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2173-2182.
- Yáñez-Valdés, C. and Guerrero, M. (2024), "Equity crowdfunding platforms and sustainable impacts: encountering investors and technological initiatives for tackling social and environmental challenges", European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol. 27 No. 7, pp. 2326-2350.