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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CROWDFUNDING TOWARD INNOVATION AND GROWTH OF NEW VENTURES. A POSSIBLE IMPERATIVE PLATFORM FOR VENTURE CAPITAL GROWTH TODAY by (Name) Course Name Professor (Tutor) University City Date Abstract Revolution of finance and the stringent processes of sourcing funds especially for the small and medium enterprise startups (SMES) has contributed to growth of a key financial platform crowdfunding an informal source of finances that parallels the known formal sources of funding for SMES. Crowdfunding has taken off since the late 2006 at the time of Sellaband but others will argue 2008 during the start of Kickstarter. Regardless of the literature on the subject matter being limited this paper will explore the possible effects of crowdfunding on conventional venture capital funding. It will further elaborate if crowdfunding assumes a supporting and or gap filling role in the venture capital industry. In addition this paper will delve into the analytical the variation in the aggregate venture capital is explained by the changes in the crowdfunding. This clearly shows that between 2012 and 2015 crowdfunding was the main contributor of the new venture funding. Work Cited Belleflamme P. T. Lambert and A. Schwienbacher. 2014. “Crowdfunding: Tapping the Right Crowd.” Journal of Business Venturing 29 (5): 585–609. Calvo S. S. 2014. Funding Characteristics of an Established Crowdfunding Platform La Salle University. Ferrary M. Granovetter M. 2009. The role of venture capital in Silicon Valley’s complex innovation network. Economy and Society. Griffin Z.J. (2012). Crowdfunding: Fleecing the American masses. Working paper. www.forbes.com www.crowdfundcampus.com www.edupristine.com Kiska A. 2014 The Startup Investment Cycle: Investing in startups — how does it work? medium.com Mollick E. 2014. “The Dynamics of Crowdfunding: An Exploratory Study.” Journal of BusinessVenturing 29: 1–16. Scholz N. (2015) The Relevance of Crowdfunding. The Impact on the Innovation Process of Small Entrepreneurial Firms. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden [...]
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MBA Finance level research paper. Topic: THE CONTRIBUTION OF CROWDFUNDING TOWARD INNOVATION AND GROWTH OF NEW VENTURES. A POSSIBLE IMPERATIVE PLATFORM FOR VENTURE CAPITAL GROWTH TODAY. I need to structure my research paper to flow sensibly and utilize data to make inferences. Test the hypotheses and tie all loose ends. I have attached a lot of data that needs to be cleaned and aligned with the topic statement: THE CONTRIBUTION OF CROWDFUNDING TOWARD INNOVATION AND GROWTH OF NEW VENTURES. A POSSIBLE IMPERATIVE PLATFORM FOR VENTURE CAPITAL GROWTH TODAY. More instructions available.
Subject Area: Finance
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