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The Role of Customer Investor Involvement in Crowdfunding Success

Philipp B. Cornelius
Philipp B. Cornelius
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4286-8556
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands;
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Bilal Gokpinar
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Bilal Gokpinar
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-2876
UCL School of Management, University College London, E14 5AB London, United Kingdom
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Philipp B. Cornelius

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4286-8556

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands;

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Bilal Gokpinar

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Bilal Gokpinar

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UCL School of Management, University College London, E14 5AB London, United Kingdom

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Published Online:31 May 2019https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3211

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