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Development of a Theory That Explains Why Funders of Reward-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns Cancel or Decrease Previously Made Pledges

Crowdfunding research has primarily been composed of attempts to identify crowdfunding performance and success factors. A research gap exists concerning funder motivations and behaviors as well as the dynamics that occur with pledge changes during crowdfunding campaigns. Therefore, understanding funder motivations and pledging behaviors during reward-based crowdfunding campaigns was the focus of this inquiry.

An Examination of Unaddressed Research Gaps in Reward-Based Crowdfunding Performance and Success

Entrepreneurs’ options for raising capital have changed dramatically in the 21st Century. Of the new options for individuals and businesses to raise funds, none has received more attention in the last decade than crowdfunding.

Changing Lives Through Innovation: An Interview with Dean Moez Limayem

This narrative profile of Moez Limayem, Dean of the Muma College of Business, was developed using the thematic narrative research method, which included three exploratory interviews. The initial interview on which this narrative is based focused on the formative experiences that shaped Dean Limayem’s life and career up to the present day.

A New Era of Culture Shaping Has Emerged: Here’s How It May Affect Organization

Culture is a vital factor of an organization’s success and yet not so easy to develop, sustain, and grow. In The post-pandemic era, culture acts as a compass and a lighthouse that brings organizations to the shore of prosperity and success.

Governance Practices of Regional Nonprofit Boards: Results from an Exploratory Study

This study examined a cross-section of operating nonprofits to understand what governance policies they utilize and compare these policies and practices to those recommended in the literature. The study was based on interviews of 18 board members of nonprofits in the Tampa Bay area.

Suicide in the Construction Industry

Research shows that suicide with- in the construction industry in the United States is more than 4.3 times as high as the national suicide rate, with more workers dying annually from suicide than work-related accidents.

Reward-based Crowdfunding in a Pandemic

In early 2020, many entrepreneurs were ready to turn to alternative financing such as crowdfunding. But were the ‘crowd’ financing campaigns like they used to? They were not; paradoxically, they were helping projects succeed at a never-before-seen rate.

This is Not Your Parent’s Internship

Changing demographics, a new definition of work, and economic disruption has changed the market dynamics in hiring interns. This paper provides insights for companies on how students find internships, the percentage of students seeking internships, and what students are seeking in an internship.

Informing Standards: Evolving the Business Case for Maintaining Complex Process Facility Digital Twins

A team of process industry experts unveil value pockets for full lifecycle management of 3D design models and how to use them to reduce the total cost of ownership for complex process facilities.

Informing Operations: Evaluating the Need to Maintain Complex Process Facility Digital Twins

Ops never maintained ‘Digital Twins’ in the past, why invest scarce resources now? We ask industry experts for their take on lifecycle information asset management of this rapidly emerging techno-trend.