1、3400 英文单词 ， 19500 英文单词 ，中文 5850 字 文献出处： Jegeleviit S, Valanien L. Comparative Analysis of the Ways Crowdfunding is Promoted J. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015, 213:268-274. Comparative analysis of the ways crowdfunding is promoted SimaJegeleviit LoretaValanien Abstract The paper aims
2、 at describing and comparing the ways crowdfunding is promoted. In this paper, a list of crowdfunding organizations and their aims is provided as well as an overview of crowdfunding regulations in the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Australia and Italy (the highest performing countries based on th
3、e number of successful projects). Also, the main actions which need to be carried out in order to foster crowdfunding are outlined and an overview on the efforts of the above mentioned countries to carry out these actions is discussed. It is suggested that though all the analysed countries are creat
4、ing legal frameworks, educating entrepreneurs and promoting successful crowdfunding cases, other actions such as promoting a quality label for crowdfunding platforms, investor education issues and creating an overview of good crowdfunding platforms are carried out only by several of them. Keywords:
5、Crowdfunding; Entrepreneurship; Start-ups. Introduction Crowdfunding is defined as a new method of financing, based on an intermediary (internet platform), which links backers / investors, who are ordinary people willing to invest small amounts into favourable projects, to entrepreneurs / start-ups,
6、 which usually represent brave new ideas and have problems with attracting finance using other ways. Crowdfunding is believed to be beneficial not only for backers / investors and entrepreneurs / start-ups, but also for governments and economy. It is expected to bolster entrepreneurial activity (Allison et al., 2015), stimulate economic recovery, create jobs and foster innovations (Golic, 2014; Rossi, 2014, Cavaliere et al., 2014). In order to take advantage of these benefits, gove
