IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eme/nbripp/v7y2016i3p301-321.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The value of information disclosure and lead investor in equity-based crowdfunding

Author

Listed:
  • Xuechun Li
  • Yuehuan Tang
  • Ningrui Yang
  • Ruiyao Ren
  • Haichao Zheng
  • Haibo Zhou

Abstract

Purpose - How to free the potential power of the capital market while simultaneously protecting the investors is critical in equity-based crowdfunding. To realize these goals, the purpose of this study was to investigate the value of information disclosure and leader-follower mechanism which have been widely adopted by crowdfunding platforms. Design/methodology/approach - Based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), a research framework was developed. Then, the authors conducted an in-depth exploratory empirical study of Dajiatou (www.dajiatou.com) which is a typical equity-based crowdfunding service provider in China. Independent-samplest-test and linear regression were used to uncover the value of project information disclosure and the lead investor in terms of fundraising performance improvement. Findings - First, the quality of entrepreneurial team information, especially the ratio of full-time staff, staff number and enterprise business age, significantly improve fundraising performance. Second, entrepreneurs’ behaviors, including project updates and project video, play important roles in crowdfunding. Third, whether or not the project has a lead investor, leader’s credibility information and his/her advocacy behaviors – percentage of their investment, identity certification, investment experience and comments for projects – are important factors affecting fundraising performance. Research limitations/implications - The authors are one of the firsts to apply ELM to investigate the effects of diverse information on fundraising performance in equity-based crowdfunding. The value of lead investor which has been ignored in prior research was studied through second-hand data. Practical implications - First, an equity-based crowdfunding platform should request the entrepreneur to disclose project quality-related information with more details. Second, crowdfunding platforms should set a high qualifications level for lead investor, and limit the lead investor’s committed percentage in a specific project. Originality/value - This paper extended the research in crowdfunding by uncovering the value of information disclosure and lead investor based on ELM theory.

Suggested Citation

  • Xuechun Li & Yuehuan Tang & Ningrui Yang & Ruiyao Ren & Haichao Zheng & Haibo Zhou, 2016. "The value of information disclosure and lead investor in equity-based crowdfunding," Nankai Business Review International, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(3), pages 301-321, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:nbripp:v:7:y:2016:i:3:p:301-321
    DOI: 10.1108/NBRI-01-2016-0002
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/NBRI-01-2016-0002/full/html?utm_source=repec&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=repec
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/NBRI-01-2016-0002/full/pdf?utm_source=repec&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=repec
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1108/NBRI-01-2016-0002?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Kolbe, Maura & Mansouri, Sasan & Momtaz, Paul P., 2022. "Why do video pitches matter in crowdfunding?," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 122(C).
    2. Huiling Zhang & Yaokuang Li & Juan Wu & Li Ling, 2022. "How do the network structures of lead investors affect the following of distant strangers? Evidence from Chinese equity crowdfunding," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3516-3533, December.
    3. Yaokuang Li & Li Ling & Daru Zhang & Juan Wu, 2021. "Lead investors and information disclosure: A test of signaling theory by fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis approach," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(4), pages 836-849, June.
    4. Wenqing Wu & Xuan Huang & Yue Li & Chien-Chi Chu, 2018. "Optimal Quality Strategy and Matching Service on Crowdfunding Platforms," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-17, April.
    5. Maria Kukurba & Aneta Ewa Waszkiewicz & Mariusz Salwin & Andrzej Kraslawski, 2021. "Co-Created Values in Crowdfunding for Sustainable Development of Enterprises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-21, August.
    6. Kazem Mochkabadi & Christine K. Volkmann, 2020. "Equity crowdfunding: a systematic review of the literature," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 54(1), pages 75-118, January.
    7. Maximilian Goethner & Sebastian Luettig & Tobias Regner, 2021. "Crowdinvesting in entrepreneurial projects: disentangling patterns of investor behavior," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 57(2), pages 905-926, August.
    8. Borello, Giuliana & De Crescenzo, Veronica & Pichler, Flavio, 2019. "Factors for success in European crowdinvesting," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 106(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eme:nbripp:v:7:y:2016:i:3:p:301-321. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Emerald Support (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.