International Perspectives on Crowdfunding ─ Positive, Normative and Critical Theory

This work for scholars and practitioners considers social, economic, and regulation aspects of crowdfunding. American, European, and international contributors come from fields such as business, economics, management, and entrepreneurship, along with bank regulation, digital media, social technologies, and finance. They look at crowdfunding from the perspectives of positive theory, normative theory, and critical theory. The book begins with a detailed overview of key questions and recent literature in the field. The rest of the book is divided into three sections addressing three theoretical perspectives. Some subjects discussed include equity crowdfunding in Africa, crowdfunding for social enterprises, sharia and crowdfunding, crowdfunding for microenterprises in India, and social, legal, and economic impacts of crowdfunding. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Edited by Jerome Meric, Universite de Poitiers, FranceIsabelle Maque, Universite de Poitiers, FranceJulienne Brabet, Universite Paris-Est Creteil, France