The 27th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE 2016), December 14-16, 2016, Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Civic Crowdfunding has emerged recently as a new subgenre of crowdfunding to support projects wit... more Civic Crowdfunding has emerged recently as a new subgenre of crowdfunding to support projects with civic nature in soliciting fund from the crowd. Projects supported by such crowdfunding model involves the direct or indirect use of governmental funds, assets, or sponsorship to develop a public asset or good (Davies 2014). The outputs of such projects are thought to be utilized by the public or the community and can range from public parks, festivals, community centers, to public transportation infrastructure (Davies 2014). Even though civic crowdfunding is a subgenre of the general umbrella of crowdfunding, civic crowdfunding projects have unique characteristics which may differentiate them from other types of crowdfunding projects. Among these characteristics are: a) the nature of the output (i.e. public good) which is utilized or consumed by the public in contrast to private goods utilized by individuals, b) the variety of stakeholders involved (i.e. public, for-profit and non-for-profit private, and citizens), c) the different types of contributions (fund, volunteering, and in-kind), and finally d) the role of the online and offline community. Despite the growing number of civic crowdfunding projects, both on generic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and on specialized civic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Citizinvestor, Ioby, Neighborly, and Spacehive) the field has not attracted enough academic attention and theoretical grounding (Stiver et al. 2014). Endorsement is one of the most pervasive phenomena in both finance and marketing literature. Endorsement is an important signal used by potential crowdfunders and consumers to infer the quality of the product or service, or simply for the purpose of product evaluation (Dean 1999). The ability of endorsement, as an informative signal or cue, is drawn from multiple sources including signaling theory, attribution theory, and source credibility literature. However, no studies to date have paid attention to the role of endorsement in civic crowdfunding domain. More specifically, the initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third party fund has not been studied in the context of civic crowdfunding. In this work, we try to respond to this gap in civic crowdfunding literature. We try to examine how initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third-party fund affect funding performance of civic crowdfunding projects.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market.
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans August 16-18, 2018
Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, even... more Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, event, causes or events. Online consumption communities OCC play an important role in removing temporal and spatial boundaries by allowing consumers to convene online over a shared consumption interest. In this paper, we try to understand the impact of online consumption community membership on crowdfunding project success. We build on the online consumption community literature to structure our argumentation and develop our hypotheses. We then apply sophisticated statistical models on a rich dataset integrated from multiple data sources to test our hypotheses. Our analysis suggests that online consumption community membership is significantly associated with higher likelihood of crowdfunding project success. We argue that this impact is due to increasing the project exposure to the right set of potential backers who share the same funding interest. This can circumvent the need for pre-existing backers who are able to pledge to the project and thus lead to more success. Our study provides an important extension to the crowdfunding body of knowledge through introducing the concept of online consumption community and testing its impact on crowdfunding success. The study also provides insightful practical implications for all parties in the crowdfunding ecosystem, including project creators, backers, and platform designers.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. To illustrate the potential utility of our model, we use the case of Alibaba and its Internet finance platform, Yu’e Bao, as an example from the fund market industry in China. The paper provides an important theoretical and practical contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market.
In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sen... more In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sense and react to environmental changes, which in turn leads to superior competitive positioning and improved firm performance. With the rapid development of digital technologies – such as social media platforms, smart mobile phones, cloud computing, and big data analytics – business and IT leaders are constantly exploring new opportunities that harness advances in digital technologies to transform their firms. In this paper, we investigate this phenomenon, which we call digital transformation. We draw on the organizational agility literature, IT capabilities literature, and the dynamic capabilities theory. Based on the dynamic capabilities theory and the hierarchy of capabilities, we distinguish between two types of processes: capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. We propose that IT capability, a low-order capability, enables the higher-order capability of organizational agility, which in turn enables the firm to transform its products, processes, or business models radically. Our model also considers the important impact of leadership style on both capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. More precisely, we argue that the process of successfully developing higher-order capabilities from lower-order capabilities is moderated by the presence of aligned transformational leadership. This paper contributes to the academic literature on IT and business strategy by determining why business organizations pursue and how they can achieve digitally enabled business transformations. Our theory extends the adopted overarching theory, the dynamic capabilities theory, by considering the influence of leadership style on both capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. The paper provides important practical insights for business and IT leaders regarding how to build and utilize IT capabilities to generate competitive actions that contribute to success in turbulent business environments.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data†on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data†term we propose a new construct called “big data capabilityâ€. We consider big data capability as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. The paper provides an important theoretical and practical contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market
Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, even... more Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, event, causes or events. Online consumption communities OCC play an important role in removing temporal and spatial boundaries by allowing consumers to convene online over a shared consumption interest. In this paper, we try to understand the impact of online consumption community membership on crowdfunding project success. We build on the online consumption community literature to structure our argumentation and develop our hypotheses. We then apply sophisticated statistical models on a rich dataset integrated from multiple data sources to test our hypotheses. Our analysis suggests that online consumption community membership is significantly associated with higher likelihood of crowdfunding project success. We argue that this impact is due to increasing the project exposure to the right set of potential backers who share the same funding interest. This can circumvent the need for pre-existing backers who are able to pledge to the project and thus lead to more success. Our study provides an important extension to the crowdfunding body of knowledge through introducing the concept of online consumption community and testing its impact on crowdfunding success. The study also provides insightful practical implications for all parties in the crowdfunding ecosystem, including project creators, backers, and platform designers.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. To illustrate the potential uti...
In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sen... more In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sense and react to environmental changes, which in turn leads to superior competitive positioning and improved firm performance. With the rapid development of digital technologies – such as social media platforms, smart mobile phones, cloud computing, and big data analytics – business and IT leaders are constantly exploring new opportunities that harness advances in digital technologies to transform their firms. In this paper, we investigate this phenomenon, which we call digital transformation. We draw on the organizational agility literature, IT capabilities literature, and the dynamic capabilities theory. Based on the dynamic capabilities theory and the hierarchy of capabilities, we distinguish between two types of processes: capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. We propose that IT capability, a low-order capability, enables the higher-order capability of organ...
The crowdfunding market is experiencing rapid growth, with more than 1,200 active platforms in 20... more The crowdfunding market is experiencing rapid growth, with more than 1,200 active platforms in 2015. These platforms generate a huge amount of open financial data in real time. Data management is critical for the success of crowdfunding ecosystems, which include platform providers, fund providers, and fund seekers. This poses a unique research challenge as the data management field has not studied how to manage big data in the cloud computing scenario. In this paper we develop a framework for managing big data from multiple crowdfunding platforms that will be serviced by one cloud computing system. Our research objective is to propose a novel data management paradigm that deals with diverse data models that evolve constantly. Specifically, we (1) outline a set of common features for typical crowdfunding models, (2) describe typical evolutionary data model changes, and (3) present a novel data modelling approach that deals with data diversity and evolution efficiently in one cloud. W...
2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies, 2006
In this paper we discuss the theoretical concepts of E-government as it is the most important poi... more In this paper we discuss the theoretical concepts of E-government as it is the most important point to start, then we'll discuss the challenges, suggest the solutions, and then build our strategic plan for Syrian E-government, after that we'll move to study the implementation concepts including protocols, criteria and standards for information exchange, security, services modeling, E-Government infrastructure and framework. Finally we discuss the implementation tools and present our demo
The 27th Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE 2016), December 14-16, 2016, Dublin, Ireland, 2016
Civic Crowdfunding has emerged recently as a new subgenre of crowdfunding to support projects wit... more Civic Crowdfunding has emerged recently as a new subgenre of crowdfunding to support projects with civic nature in soliciting fund from the crowd. Projects supported by such crowdfunding model involves the direct or indirect use of governmental funds, assets, or sponsorship to develop a public asset or good (Davies 2014). The outputs of such projects are thought to be utilized by the public or the community and can range from public parks, festivals, community centers, to public transportation infrastructure (Davies 2014). Even though civic crowdfunding is a subgenre of the general umbrella of crowdfunding, civic crowdfunding projects have unique characteristics which may differentiate them from other types of crowdfunding projects. Among these characteristics are: a) the nature of the output (i.e. public good) which is utilized or consumed by the public in contrast to private goods utilized by individuals, b) the variety of stakeholders involved (i.e. public, for-profit and non-for-profit private, and citizens), c) the different types of contributions (fund, volunteering, and in-kind), and finally d) the role of the online and offline community. Despite the growing number of civic crowdfunding projects, both on generic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and on specialized civic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Citizinvestor, Ioby, Neighborly, and Spacehive) the field has not attracted enough academic attention and theoretical grounding (Stiver et al. 2014). Endorsement is one of the most pervasive phenomena in both finance and marketing literature. Endorsement is an important signal used by potential crowdfunders and consumers to infer the quality of the product or service, or simply for the purpose of product evaluation (Dean 1999). The ability of endorsement, as an informative signal or cue, is drawn from multiple sources including signaling theory, attribution theory, and source credibility literature. However, no studies to date have paid attention to the role of endorsement in civic crowdfunding domain. More specifically, the initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third party fund has not been studied in the context of civic crowdfunding. In this work, we try to respond to this gap in civic crowdfunding literature. We try to examine how initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third-party fund affect funding performance of civic crowdfunding projects.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market.
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2018), New Orleans August 16-18, 2018
Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, even... more Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, event, causes or events. Online consumption communities OCC play an important role in removing temporal and spatial boundaries by allowing consumers to convene online over a shared consumption interest. In this paper, we try to understand the impact of online consumption community membership on crowdfunding project success. We build on the online consumption community literature to structure our argumentation and develop our hypotheses. We then apply sophisticated statistical models on a rich dataset integrated from multiple data sources to test our hypotheses. Our analysis suggests that online consumption community membership is significantly associated with higher likelihood of crowdfunding project success. We argue that this impact is due to increasing the project exposure to the right set of potential backers who share the same funding interest. This can circumvent the need for pre-existing backers who are able to pledge to the project and thus lead to more success. Our study provides an important extension to the crowdfunding body of knowledge through introducing the concept of online consumption community and testing its impact on crowdfunding success. The study also provides insightful practical implications for all parties in the crowdfunding ecosystem, including project creators, backers, and platform designers.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. To illustrate the potential utility of our model, we use the case of Alibaba and its Internet finance platform, Yu’e Bao, as an example from the fund market industry in China. The paper provides an important theoretical and practical contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market.
In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sen... more In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sense and react to environmental changes, which in turn leads to superior competitive positioning and improved firm performance. With the rapid development of digital technologies – such as social media platforms, smart mobile phones, cloud computing, and big data analytics – business and IT leaders are constantly exploring new opportunities that harness advances in digital technologies to transform their firms. In this paper, we investigate this phenomenon, which we call digital transformation. We draw on the organizational agility literature, IT capabilities literature, and the dynamic capabilities theory. Based on the dynamic capabilities theory and the hierarchy of capabilities, we distinguish between two types of processes: capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. We propose that IT capability, a low-order capability, enables the higher-order capability of organizational agility, which in turn enables the firm to transform its products, processes, or business models radically. Our model also considers the important impact of leadership style on both capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. More precisely, we argue that the process of successfully developing higher-order capabilities from lower-order capabilities is moderated by the presence of aligned transformational leadership. This paper contributes to the academic literature on IT and business strategy by determining why business organizations pursue and how they can achieve digitally enabled business transformations. Our theory extends the adopted overarching theory, the dynamic capabilities theory, by considering the influence of leadership style on both capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. The paper provides important practical insights for business and IT leaders regarding how to build and utilize IT capabilities to generate competitive actions that contribute to success in turbulent business environments.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data†on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data†term we propose a new construct called “big data capabilityâ€. We consider big data capability as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. The paper provides an important theoretical and practical contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the paper contributes to the strategic IS literature by extending the dynamic capability theory through introducing the big data capability as a precedent to customer sensing agility, the dynamic capability. The paper also extends the theory by introducing both market orientation and data driven culture as moderators to the impact of big data capability on customer sensing agility. From the practical perspective, the paper provides useful insights for business and IT leaders who are interested in building their big data capability to improve their organizations competitiveness in the market
Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, even... more Crowdfunding is an emerging model of finance whereby backers gather online to fund projects, event, causes or events. Online consumption communities OCC play an important role in removing temporal and spatial boundaries by allowing consumers to convene online over a shared consumption interest. In this paper, we try to understand the impact of online consumption community membership on crowdfunding project success. We build on the online consumption community literature to structure our argumentation and develop our hypotheses. We then apply sophisticated statistical models on a rich dataset integrated from multiple data sources to test our hypotheses. Our analysis suggests that online consumption community membership is significantly associated with higher likelihood of crowdfunding project success. We argue that this impact is due to increasing the project exposure to the right set of potential backers who share the same funding interest. This can circumvent the need for pre-existing backers who are able to pledge to the project and thus lead to more success. Our study provides an important extension to the crowdfunding body of knowledge through introducing the concept of online consumption community and testing its impact on crowdfunding success. The study also provides insightful practical implications for all parties in the crowdfunding ecosystem, including project creators, backers, and platform designers.
This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals ... more This paper responds to the continual call from both academic scholars and industry professionals to theorize about the influence of “big data” on organization competitiveness and performance. To resolve the ambiguity surrounding “big data” term we propose a new construct called “big data capability.” We consider “big data capability” as a higher-level construct consists of three sub lower- level constructs: big data infrastructure capability, big data management capability, and big data science capability. We argue that big data capability improves customer sensing capability, and we clarify that this impact is moderated by both the organization market orientation and the data-driven decision making practice. We further stress that creating the competitive action that contributes to the organization performance requires the alignment and fit between the two components of customer agility: customer sensing capability and customer responding capability. To illustrate the potential uti...
In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sen... more In turbulent business environments, the survival of firms hinges on their ability to speedily sense and react to environmental changes, which in turn leads to superior competitive positioning and improved firm performance. With the rapid development of digital technologies – such as social media platforms, smart mobile phones, cloud computing, and big data analytics – business and IT leaders are constantly exploring new opportunities that harness advances in digital technologies to transform their firms. In this paper, we investigate this phenomenon, which we call digital transformation. We draw on the organizational agility literature, IT capabilities literature, and the dynamic capabilities theory. Based on the dynamic capabilities theory and the hierarchy of capabilities, we distinguish between two types of processes: capability-building and competitive-action-generating processes. We propose that IT capability, a low-order capability, enables the higher-order capability of organ...
The crowdfunding market is experiencing rapid growth, with more than 1,200 active platforms in 20... more The crowdfunding market is experiencing rapid growth, with more than 1,200 active platforms in 2015. These platforms generate a huge amount of open financial data in real time. Data management is critical for the success of crowdfunding ecosystems, which include platform providers, fund providers, and fund seekers. This poses a unique research challenge as the data management field has not studied how to manage big data in the cloud computing scenario. In this paper we develop a framework for managing big data from multiple crowdfunding platforms that will be serviced by one cloud computing system. Our research objective is to propose a novel data management paradigm that deals with diverse data models that evolve constantly. Specifically, we (1) outline a set of common features for typical crowdfunding models, (2) describe typical evolutionary data model changes, and (3) present a novel data modelling approach that deals with data diversity and evolution efficiently in one cloud. W...
2006 2nd International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies, 2006
In this paper we discuss the theoretical concepts of E-government as it is the most important poi... more In this paper we discuss the theoretical concepts of E-government as it is the most important point to start, then we'll discuss the challenges, suggest the solutions, and then build our strategic plan for Syrian E-government, after that we'll move to study the implementation concepts including protocols, criteria and standards for information exchange, security, services modeling, E-Government infrastructure and framework. Finally we discuss the implementation tools and present our demo
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crowdfunding is a subgenre of the general umbrella of crowdfunding, civic crowdfunding projects have unique characteristics which may differentiate them from other types of crowdfunding projects. Among these characteristics are: a) the nature of the output (i.e. public
good) which is utilized or consumed by the public in contrast to private goods utilized by individuals, b) the variety of stakeholders involved (i.e. public, for-profit and non-for-profit private, and citizens), c) the different types of contributions (fund, volunteering, and in-kind), and finally d) the role of the online and offline community.
Despite the growing number of civic crowdfunding projects, both on generic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and on specialized civic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Citizinvestor, Ioby, Neighborly, and Spacehive) the field has not attracted enough academic
attention and theoretical grounding (Stiver et al. 2014).
Endorsement is one of the most pervasive phenomena in both finance and marketing literature.
Endorsement is an important signal used by potential crowdfunders and consumers to infer the quality of the product or service, or simply for the purpose of product evaluation (Dean 1999).
The ability of endorsement, as an informative signal or cue, is drawn from multiple sources including signaling theory, attribution theory, and source credibility literature.
However, no studies to date have paid attention to the role of endorsement in civic crowdfunding domain. More specifically, the initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third party fund has not been studied in the context of civic crowdfunding. In this work, we try to
respond to this gap in civic crowdfunding literature. We try to examine how initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third-party fund affect funding performance of civic crowdfunding projects.
Papers by Ghazwan Hassna
crowdfunding is a subgenre of the general umbrella of crowdfunding, civic crowdfunding projects have unique characteristics which may differentiate them from other types of crowdfunding projects. Among these characteristics are: a) the nature of the output (i.e. public
good) which is utilized or consumed by the public in contrast to private goods utilized by individuals, b) the variety of stakeholders involved (i.e. public, for-profit and non-for-profit private, and citizens), c) the different types of contributions (fund, volunteering, and in-kind), and finally d) the role of the online and offline community.
Despite the growing number of civic crowdfunding projects, both on generic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Kickstarter and Indiegogo) and on specialized civic crowdfunding platforms (e.g. Citizinvestor, Ioby, Neighborly, and Spacehive) the field has not attracted enough academic
attention and theoretical grounding (Stiver et al. 2014).
Endorsement is one of the most pervasive phenomena in both finance and marketing literature.
Endorsement is an important signal used by potential crowdfunders and consumers to infer the quality of the product or service, or simply for the purpose of product evaluation (Dean 1999).
The ability of endorsement, as an informative signal or cue, is drawn from multiple sources including signaling theory, attribution theory, and source credibility literature.
However, no studies to date have paid attention to the role of endorsement in civic crowdfunding domain. More specifically, the initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third party fund has not been studied in the context of civic crowdfunding. In this work, we try to
respond to this gap in civic crowdfunding literature. We try to examine how initial endorsement in the form of government grant or third-party fund affect funding performance of civic crowdfunding projects.