Call for Chapters URL: https://go.shr.lc/2SazJmE
Editors
Carla Sofia Vicente Negrão
João António Furtado Brito, UNICV
Call for Chapters
Full Chapters Due: February 28, 2020
Introduction
During recent years, the number of crowdfunding platforms has increasead in worldwide. In order to discuss ideas, problems, challenges, and solutions for changes in society and organizations to improve crowdfunding platforms, we prepare this book. This book has an important role to play in providing knowledge for researchers, experts, and practitioners of crowdfunding platforms in the global digital economy. It also intends to provide guidelines for economists, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, policy makers, and technology developers.
Objective
This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals who want to improve their understanding of crowdfunding at different levels of the knowledge.
The overall objectives of this book are:
• To explore the latest crowdfunding trends;
• To present the current state of crowdfunding;
• To explore/examine challenges, opportunities, limitations, and risks of crowdfunding;
• To help readers understand crowdfunding platforms;
• To aim to publish the latest research findings;
• To provide emerging research on the use of crowdfunding platforms;
• To understand the Law about crowdfunding.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of crowdfunding in various disciplines. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support for scholars, academics, researchers, economists, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, sociologists, teachers, policy makers, and technology developers interested in crowdfunding platforms.
Recommended Topics
Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to:
• Crowdfunding mobile
• Crowdfunding and e-commerce
• Crowdfunding innovations
• Risk and security
• Crowdfunding industry 5.0
• Crowdfunding business models
• Crowdfunding platforms
• Education crowdfunding
• crowdfunding projects
• Crowdfunding business intelligence
• IoT crowdfunding
• Digital literacy crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding for digital entrepreneurship
• Crowdfunding for economic development
• Crowdfunding for startups
• Crowdfunding success
• Crowdfunding sustainability;
• Future Trends in crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding and Laws
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 7, 2019, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by April 6, 2019 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 5, 2019, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Crowdfunding Platforms. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.
Editors
Carla Sofia Vicente Negrão
João António Furtado Brito, UNICV
Call for Chapters
Full Chapters Due: February 28, 2020
Introduction
During recent years, the number of crowdfunding platforms has increasead in worldwide. In order to discuss ideas, problems, challenges, and solutions for changes in society and organizations to improve crowdfunding platforms, we prepare this book. This book has an important role to play in providing knowledge for researchers, experts, and practitioners of crowdfunding platforms in the global digital economy. It also intends to provide guidelines for economists, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, policy makers, and technology developers.
Objective
This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals who want to improve their understanding of crowdfunding at different levels of the knowledge.
The overall objectives of this book are:
• To explore the latest crowdfunding trends;
• To present the current state of crowdfunding;
• To explore/examine challenges, opportunities, limitations, and risks of crowdfunding;
• To help readers understand crowdfunding platforms;
• To aim to publish the latest research findings;
• To provide emerging research on the use of crowdfunding platforms;
• To understand the Law about crowdfunding.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of crowdfunding in various disciplines. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support for scholars, academics, researchers, economists, managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, sociologists, teachers, policy makers, and technology developers interested in crowdfunding platforms.
Recommended Topics
Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to:
• Crowdfunding mobile
• Crowdfunding and e-commerce
• Crowdfunding innovations
• Risk and security
• Crowdfunding industry 5.0
• Crowdfunding business models
• Crowdfunding platforms
• Education crowdfunding
• crowdfunding projects
• Crowdfunding business intelligence
• IoT crowdfunding
• Digital literacy crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding for digital entrepreneurship
• Crowdfunding for economic development
• Crowdfunding for startups
• Crowdfunding success
• Crowdfunding sustainability;
• Future Trends in crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding and Laws
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 7, 2019, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by April 6, 2019 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 5, 2019, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Multidisciplinary Approaches to Crowdfunding Platforms. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process.
All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®TM online submission manager.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2020.
Important Dates
March 7, 2019: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 6, 2019: Notification of Acceptance
July 5, 2019: Full Chapter Submission
September 2, 2019: Review Results Returned
October 14, 2019: Final Acceptance Notification
October 28, 2019: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries
Carla cvnegrao@gmail.com
João joao.brito@docente.unicv.edu.cv
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2020.
Important Dates
March 7, 2019: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 6, 2019: Notification of Acceptance
July 5, 2019: Full Chapter Submission
September 2, 2019: Review Results Returned
October 14, 2019: Final Acceptance Notification
October 28, 2019: Final Chapter Submission
Inquiries
Carla cvnegrao@gmail.com
João joao.brito@docente.unicv.edu.cv
