Crowdfunding European Business

This book questions the ability of crowdfunding (especially in the lending and equity-based models) to contribute to the development of European businesses, and therefore, to the relaunch of the European economy. Following a mainly firm-based approach, the study provides new and interesting insights into the alternative finance market.

Auteur

Antonella Francesca Cicchiello is a research fellow in Financial Markets and Institutions at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Department of Economic and Social Sciences (DiSES) of Piacenza (Italy).

Contenu

1. The funding gap issue and the landscape of alternative finance 2. Equity-based crowdfunding: The new landscape of entrepreneurial finance 3. Loan-based crowdfunding: An alternative funding channel to credit intermediaries 4. The impact of crowdfunding on the innovation and growth opportunities of European businesses: Screening' or 'value-added' effect? 5. The crowdfunding revolution: Looking at positive benefits from alternative finance across different dimensions 6. Conclusions