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Crowdfunding and Social Entrepreneurship: Spotlight on Intermediaries

Virginia Simón-moyaAndrea Rey-martíAntonia Mohedano-suanes

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Value (ethics)Geography Planning and DevelopmentTJ807-830Social entrepreneurshiplegitimacyManagement Monitoring Policy and LawEconomia d'empresaTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesintermediariesIntermediarycase study0502 economics and businessGE1-350Practical implicationsLegitimacyEnvironmental effects of industries and plantscrowdfundingRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industry05 social sciencesSocial changePublic relationsEnvironmental sciencesTrustworthiness050211 marketingsocial entrepreneurshipBusiness050203 business & management

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This study contributes to the literature by describing how crowdfunding platforms that host social entrepreneurship projects build and preserve legitimacy. We study three intermediaries, analyzing the actions they take to ensure that creators and funders perceive crowdfunding as a trustworthy form of alternative finance. This study shows that the legitimacy that funders ascribe to a project&rsquo

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2019-02-22
https://hdl.handle.net/10550/73743