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Crowdfunding

Reward-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns: Informational Value and Access to Venture Capital

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Information Systems Research

    Abstract
    We consider an entrepreneur who designs a reward-based crowdfunding campaign when the campaign provides a signal about the future demand for the product and subsequent venture capital is needed. We find that both the informativeness of the campaign and ...
Crowdfunding the Front Lines: An Empirical Study of Teacher-Driven School Improvement

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Management Science

    Abstract
    The U.S. K–12 public education system has been notoriously hard to improve. Some argue new education technologies (EdTech) can help transform schools for the better. Yet, as large-scale policy reforms have had only limited success, it seems unlikely that ...
Product and Pricing Decisions in Crowdfunding

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Marketing Science

    Abstract
    This paper studies the optimal product and pricing decisions in a crowdfunding mechanism by which a project between a creator and many buyers will be realized only if the total funds committed by the buyers reach a specified goal. When the buyers are ...
The Role of Feedback in Dynamic Crowdsourcing Contests: A Structural Empirical Analysis

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Management Science

    Abstract
    In this paper, we empirically examine the impact of performance feedback on the outcome of crowdsourcing contests. We develop a dynamic structural model to capture the economic processes that drive contest participants’ behavior and estimate the model ...
Referral Timing and Fundraising Success in Crowdfunding

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    Problem definition : Crowdfunding, a relatively new approach for raising capital for early-stage ventures, has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years. Entrepreneurs launch a campaign on a web platform and solicit contributions from many ...
Rethinking Crowdfunding Platform Design: Mechanisms to Deter Misconduct and Improve Efficiency

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Lacking credible rule-enforcement mechanisms to punish misconduct, existing reward-based crowdfunding platforms can leave backers exposed to two risks: entrepreneurs may run away with backers’ money (funds misappropriation), and product specifications may ...
Is Kindness the Magical Spell? The Role of Information and Reciprocity in Revenue-sharing Crowdfunding

Behrooz Pourghannad, Guangwen Kong, and Laurens Debo

Published Online: June 15, 2020
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3627524

Education

Does Social Interaction Improve Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Field Experiments on Massive Open Online Courses

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M&SOM

    Abstract
    This paper studies how service providers can design social interaction among participants and quantify the causal impact of that interaction on service quality. We focus on education and analyze whether encouraging social interaction among students ...

Kidney Exchange

Kidney Exchange: An Operations Perspective

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Management Science

    Abstract
    Many patients in need of a kidney transplant have a willing but incompatible (or poorly matched) living donor. Kidney exchange programs arrange exchanges among such patient-donor pairs, in cycles and chains of exchange, so that each patient receives a ...
Itai Ashlagi (MIT) Current Challenges in Kidney Exchange

Israel Institute for Advanced Studies

Published Online: November 2, 2021

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