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Social Capital in the Age of Online Networking: Genesis, Manifestations, and Implications
The behavior of individuals in a group acting collectively without centralized direction.
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Social Networking Sites, Online Social Capital, and the Success of Crowdfunding Campaigns
Najmul Hoda (Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammad Zubair Ahmad (Utkarsh College of Management Education, India)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8953-6.ch002
Abstract
Crowdfunding is a phenomenon that exists because of interconnectivity. These platforms allow the connection of lenders, donors, and investors with recipients who may be entrepreneurs or beneficiaries. In the entire crowdfunding process, there is a direct involvement of network behaviors namely trust, norms, networking, and so on. In other words, social capital plays a role in crowdfunding. This chapter aims to review the existing literature on crowdfunding platforms and identify the role of online networking in the process and outcome. The chapter would benefit both researchers and various stakeholders who are engaged in crowdfunding or are exploring this platform for financial decisions.
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Assessing the Financial Vulnerability of Emerging Markets
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Deposit Insurance: Pre-Emptive Expediency Against Bank Runs or Propulsion of Moral Hazard? Economic and Political Implications in India
Behavior exhibited by a vast majority of the population, not guided by their own instinct or intuition, but purely as a reaction/response to other people’s actions and behavioral tendencies. Also, alternatively known as ‘mob mentality’ that results in mass hysteria.
Published in Chapter: Deposit Insurance: Pre-Emptive Expediency Against Bank Runs or Propulsion of Moral Hazard? Economic and Political Implications in India; From: Maintaining Financial Stability in Times of Risk and Uncertainty
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Is Technical Analysis Profitable even for an Amateur Investor?: Evidence from the Greek Stock Market (2002-12)
Is the investors’ tendency to follow the larger groups’ decisions even if their own information and/or estimations do not suggest it.
Published in Chapter: Is Technical Analysis Profitable even for an Amateur Investor?: Evidence from the Greek Stock Market (2002-12); From: Handbook of Research on Behavioral Finance and Investment Strategies: Decision Making in the Financial Industry
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