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As traditional businesses, social companies must have access to resources to finance their day-to-day operations and make the necessary investments to pursue their activities. However, many are not profitable enough to access traditional funding and cannot fund themselves completely through sales or investment. They frequently need special financing approaches. New types of financing have emerged for such enterprises such as crowdfunding. The present research focuses on this modern financing mode available to social entrepreneurs which is constantly expanding and increasingly used. As the role of the social crowdfunding platform is to be an intermediary bringing two parties together, the question of trust is of outmost importance and therefore, social entrepreneurs as well as investors need to trust their intermediary and the information which is available to them. This project aims at clarifying and evaluating the panel of the existing social crowdfunding platforms currently operating in the Belgium landscape and to perform a comparative analysis to deepen one’s knowledge about the communication disclosed (the trust signals) by the platforms in order for their potential users to trust them.
To achieve this, a grid of analysis based on trust signals retrieved from the literature has been elaborated. This grid has been applied to the nine social crowdfunding platforms available in today’s Belgian landscape. It has been observed that the nine platforms decided to communicate rather effectively most of the important visible trust signals. Some communicate more signals than others, but in a general manner, they have many similarities in the way they communicate, and they are consistent with their values and business models. This imply they wish to show their transparency, and desire to communicate about their values and the way they function in an effective manner, to demonstrate both the potential social investors and entrepreneurs that they can trust them. It also suggests it can be quite difficult for the probable users to elect the appropriate social crowdfunding platform in front of these comparable offers. Hence, the platforms should communicate more signals and do so in the most effective manner.
The findings of this study help to extend one’s awareness of the supply of social crowdfunding platforms available today in Belgium. It suggests more clarity and a better understanding of the available landscape for the platform’s users. Moreover, it can also aid the platforms to detect and improve the quality of their communication practices and services. This research can serve to further analyze the phenomenon of social crowdfunding platforms in Belgium that will continue evolving significantly in the coming years. It also presents several limitations such as the observer bias, or the fact the signals chosen may not be complete or appropriate enough, which undoubtably allows suggestions for future research.

social impact crowdfunding --- crowdfunding --- social impact financing --- crowdfunding platforms --- social crowdfunding platforms --- belgium --- social crowdfunding --- social enterprises --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Economie sociale

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Social responsibility of business --- Social entrepreneurship --- Economics --- Reciprocity (Commerce) --- Economic aspects --- Philosophy --- Moral and ethical aspects --- CIVIL ECONOMY -- 331 --- !LEER- EN HANDBOEKEN -- 331 --- SOCIAL ENTERPRISES -- 331 --- Social entrepreneurship. --- Economic aspects. --- Social responsibility of business - Economic aspects --- Economics - Philosophy --- Economics - Moral and ethical aspects

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Entrepreneurship can be taken as a study of the entrepreneur and new business creation. However, this conception of entrepreneurship misses the critical link to economic outcomes; the ebb and flow of social and economic fortunes that are underpinned by the actions, reactions and engagement of individuals in a specific social and economic system that brings about innovation and change. In this book the authors are exploring how the linkages within the system can be conceptualised and made transparent.

Technological innovations --- Entrepreneurship --- operationalizing --- economy --- intellectual capital --- nonprofit social enterprises --- systems --- innovation --- hotwiring --- paul shum --- business --- clusters --- kym teh --- fiona kerr --- new business creation --- jane andrew --- yalumba --- innovating systems symbiosis --- jiwat ram --- eva balan-vnuk --- innovation readiness --- goran roos --- peter balan --- gavin artz --- erp systems --- integrating innovation --- vernon ireland --- manufacturing sector --- huanmei li --- polity path dependency --- allan o'connor --- pi-shen seet --- entrepreneurship --- innovative --- operationalising --- graciela corral dezubielqui --- south australia --- Patent

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Entrepreneurship can be taken as a study of the entrepreneur and new business creation. However, this conception of entrepreneurship misses the critical link to economic outcomes; the ebb and flow of social and economic fortunes that are underpinned by the actions, reactions and engagement of individuals in a specific social and economic system that brings about innovation and change. In this book the authors are exploring how the linkages within the system can be conceptualised and made transparent.

Technological innovations --- Entrepreneurship --- Entrepreneur --- Intrapreneur --- Capitalism --- Business incubators --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- operationalizing --- economy --- intellectual capital --- nonprofit social enterprises --- systems --- innovation --- hotwiring --- paul shum --- business --- clusters --- kym teh --- fiona kerr --- new business creation --- jane andrew --- yalumba --- innovating systems symbiosis --- jiwat ram --- eva balan-vnuk --- innovation readiness --- goran roos --- peter balan --- gavin artz --- erp systems --- integrating innovation --- vernon ireland --- manufacturing sector --- huanmei li --- polity path dependency --- allan o'connor --- pi-shen seet --- entrepreneurship --- innovative --- operationalising --- graciela corral dezubielqui --- south australia --- Patent

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This Special Issue provides an insight, collated from 26 articles, focusing on various aspects of the Fit-For-Purpose Land Administration (FFPLA) concept and its application. It presents some influential and innovative trends and recommendations for designing, implementing, maintaining and further developing Fit-For-Purpose solutions for providing secure land rights at scale. The first group of 14 articles is published in Volume One and discusses various conceptual innovations related to spatial, legal and institutional aspects and its wider applications within land use management. The second group of 12 articles is published in Volume Two and focuses on case studies from various countries throughout the world, providing evidence and lessons learned from the FFPLA implementation process.

Research & information: general --- complete cadastre --- legal element --- fixing boundary --- eligible landowner --- agreement --- boundary marker --- fit-for-purpose land administration (FFP LA) --- violent conflict --- United Nations --- extra-legal --- transitional justice --- peace building --- land governance --- power relations --- securing land rights --- land registration --- development impacts --- fit-for-purpose land administration --- land administration --- decentralization --- India --- fit-for-purpose --- institutions --- governance --- politics --- Amazon --- deforestation --- Fit-For-Purpose land administration --- participatory mapping --- indigenous land conflict --- Cumaribo --- Colombia --- community-based land adjudication --- components of adjudication --- land tenure --- land rights --- good practices --- updating land records --- systematic land registration --- unconventional approach --- case study --- Benin --- cadaster --- land administration domain model --- LADM --- cadastre --- FFPLA --- customary tenure --- land inventory --- land management --- mobile-based applications --- pro-poor --- land surveying --- tenure security --- land rights and tenure --- fit-for-purpose approach --- human rights --- design science research --- design thinking --- fit for purpose --- spatial data quality --- spatial data quality assurance --- maintenance --- update --- upgrade --- upkeep --- renewal --- data quality --- spatial framework --- STDM --- technology --- UAV --- feature extraction --- rapid urbanization --- climate change --- pandemic --- urban resilience --- spatial --- legal --- and institutional frameworks --- land tenure security --- pro-poor land recordation --- land governance reform --- cost effectiveness --- innovative technology --- case studies --- Uganda --- customary land tenure --- land recordation tools --- semantic technologies --- land information system --- fit-for-purpose land management --- aerial and street level imagery --- machine learning --- integrated land programs --- land policy --- pilot study --- informal settlements --- urban development --- Brazil --- community-based crowdsourcing --- SiGIT --- Ecuador --- land and resources rights --- public-private partnerships --- corporate social responsibility --- poverty reduction --- business driven solutions --- social enterprises --- n/a