TY - BOOK ID - 136422238 TI - Beauty of crowdfunding : blooming creativity and innovation in the digital era PY - 2020 SN - 0429513437 0429243715 PB - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Crowd funding. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136422238 AB - "Crowdfunding is emerging as a new source of financing for creativity and innovation. It promotes the launching and scaling of new projects for different types of creators by providing networked platforms and handy digital tools. This book provides insight into crowdfunding and how crowdfunding contributes to our communities and society. The book includes an overview of existing discussions across different disciplines, i.e. entrepreneurship, information systems, marketing, and correlates the literature to the best crowdfunding practices. The book begins with origins, basic notions, and antecedents of crowdfunding. In the main parts, it demonstrates the five distinguished facets of crowdfunding: Creativity, diversity, balance, connection, and change. It also addresses the drawbacks of crowdfunding and subsequent outcomes of crowdfunding success. Finally, it provides a perspective on the future of crowdfunding"-- ER -