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Crowdfunding for sustainable development: Comparing stand-alone and combined applications

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  • Michelino, Francesca
  • Varriale, Vincenzo
  • Appio, Francesco
  • Caputo, Mauro

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Sustainable crowdfunding practices (SCPs) are presented to analyse how and to what extent crowdfunding is able to promote sustainable development, when applied both stand-alone and in combination with other crowd and open-based technologies.

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  • Michelino, Francesca & Varriale, Vincenzo & Appio, Francesco & Caputo, Mauro, 2025. "Crowdfunding for sustainable development: Comparing stand-alone and combined applications," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:74:y:2025:i:c:s1544612325000339
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2025.106768
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    Keywords

    Crowdfunding; Sustainable development; Sustainability-oriented innovation; SDGs; Triple bottom line;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • O35 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Social Innovation

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