@article{1467856,
      recid = {1467856},
      author = {Mazzocchini, Francesco James, and Lucarelli, Caterina,},
      title = {Investors' preferences in financing new ventures : a data  mining approach to equity /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiv, 147 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book aims at providing an empirical understanding of  the main drivers affecting investors' preferences in  financing new ventures through equity crowdfunding (ECF)  and determining fundraising campaign success. ECF is  increasing in prominence as a route for new ventures in  obtaining external financial resources. To raise capital,  entrepreneurs are required to convey quality signals of  their proposals with real-time information and knowledge  sharing. This book advances knowledge in entrepreneurial  finance by investigating the factors that affect  individuals' decisions to participate in ECF. The authors  adopt a data mining approach to extract publicly available  information from a multitude of crowdfunding platforms  across different countries, producing a unique dataset. The  book uses an innovative hybrid analysis to generate  knowledge patterns creating data-driven models on one hand,  and on the other test research hypotheses adopting  statistical models to investigate empirical evidence in  line, or in contrast, with the extant literature. The book  also integrates organizational theories to examine the  extent to which ECF platform managers follow a strategy of  isomorphism in their choice of information disclosure. The  final part of the book discusses how signals are  interpreted by investors, how these affect financing  preferences, and ultimately the successful completion of a  fundraising campaign. The book will be of interest to  academics and practitioners in entrepreneurial finance,  FinTech, and investment behaviour. Francesco James  Mazzocchini, Ph.D., is postdoctoral research fellow in  Banking and Financial Markets at the Department of  Management, Marche Polytechnic University -- Italy. His  scientific interests are in the fields of behavioural  finance, decision-making under risk, FinTech, innovative  financing, and entrepreneurial finance. Caterina Lucarelli  is Full Professor of Banking and Financial Markets at the  Department of Management, Marche Polytechnic University --  Italy. Her scientific interests are in the fields of market  microstructure, investors' behaviour, decision-making under  risk, gender diversity, entrepreneurship and sustainable  finance. Since 2007, as National Coordinator of a Research  Project supported by the Italian Ministry of University and  Research, she has cooperated with psychologist and  neuroscientists to study individual risk tolerance.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1467856},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30058-5},
}