Article
Management
Kevin J. Boudreau, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Toke Reichstein, Francesco Rullani
Summary: Through a mixed-method approach applied to a representative case, we find that the payoff structure of crowdfunding, similar to a public good contribution problem, leads to limited influence of the tangible value of main project outputs on contributions. This raises questions about funder motivations and highlights the significant role of non-pecuniary motivations in crowdfunding, as well as identifying three specific motivations that profit-seeking entrepreneurs can use to secure funding through this platform.
Article
Business
Dikla Perez, Nira Munichor, Gadi Buskila
Summary: This study identifies a novel feature of campaign imagery that influences the donation decision: portrayal of victims engaged in different types of self-help actions. Donors contribute more funds to campaigns that show victims engaged in physical self-help than to campaigns portraying victims engaged in non-physical self-help or no self-help.
JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Operations Research & Management Science
Abhishek Behl, Brinda Sampat, Sahil Raj
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected people's financial well-being and the global economy, with crowdfunding being a major contributor to these adverse effects. This study explores the role of reward-based gamification in understanding repeated donation behavior on crowdfunding platforms during COVID-19. Using the self-determination theory and survey-based instruments, the study examines the relationship between social relatedness, intrinsic motivation, engagement, and repeated donation behavior. The study also investigates how reward-based gamification moderates the relationship between intrinsic motivation and repeated donation behavior, while controlling for the donating experience on crowdfunding platforms. The results highlight the impact of social relatedness, intrinsic motivation, and donating experience on repeated donations, offering new insights into the role of gamification in inducing repeated donations during COVID-19 on crowdfunding platforms.
ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yan Peng, Yuxin Li, Lijia Wei
Summary: This study investigates the factors influencing donation behavior in public welfare fundraising and finds that individuals' donation amounts are influenced by previous donation amounts, while positive sentiment in messages affects subsequent anonymity and messaging behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Yunzhong Jiang, Rui Zhang, Bende Wang
Summary: This paper presents a flexible scenario-based approach for emergency operational treatment involving potential risk assessment. The study demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed approach in emergency response implementation and ensuring the stability of the disaster relief system, although it has significant negative effects on downstream socioeconomic activities.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Hanyu Li, Xinli Zhang, Usama Khaliq, Faheem Ur Rehman
Summary: This study proposes a new diversified social governance mode for public emergency facility construction to enhance the effectiveness of emergency participation by organizations such as government and construction enterprises. The study also found that construction companies involved in emergency engineering and non-state-owned enterprises involved in donations have higher stock market returns.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Economics
Maja Adena, Steffen Huck
Summary: Through an artefactual field experiment and survey, this study finds that using the term 'donation' in a crowdfunding campaign generates higher revenue compared to using 'contribution'. Individuals who receive the donation framing give larger amounts, while those who receive the contribution framing respond more actively to reward thresholds and suggestions. The study also indicates that the term 'donation' triggers more positive emotional responses and that emotions play a significant role in giving. It suggests that making a donation is perceived as a more voluntary act and is more successful at generating warm glow than making a contribution.
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Business, Finance
Lin Nan, Chao Tang, Xin Wang, Gaoqing Zhang
Summary: This paper investigates the real effects of information transparency in crowdfunding markets and finds that greater transparency may not necessarily improve efficiency, but instead exacerbate the problem of under-implementation.
CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Business
Hyunkyu Jang, Wujin Chu
Summary: This research investigates the effectiveness of negatively framed messages on three performance metrics of donation campaigns. The results show that negatively framed messages lead to more donors and more sharing on social media, but smaller donation amounts per donor. The implication for charity organizations is that negatively framed messages are more effective for broad support, while positively framed messages are more effective for increasing the average donation amount.
JOURNAL OF CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Jian-Ren Hou, Jie Zhang, Kunpeng Zhang
Summary: This paper explores the impact of project image design on the success of charity fundraising campaigns on a crowdfunding website. By analyzing the relationships between image attributes, image emotions, and campaign outcomes, the study reveals the significant role of image emotions in crowdfunding success, which varies depending on project characteristics. Additionally, it is found that the image emotions of competing projects can negatively affect a project's performance. An online experiment further validates the mediating roles of emotions on campaign outcomes.
Review
Social Issues
Ines Alegre, Melina Moleskis
Summary: This interdisciplinary systematic review presents the findings on donation-based and reward-based crowdfunding, exploring crowd behavior, incentives, funding factors, and post-funding success. The literature to date emphasizes the significance of crowdfunding as a social and democratic tool, demonstrating wise judgment in recognizing potential success and creating societal value.
Article
Business
Shaohua He, Lei Liu, Qi Liu, Shaoling Fu
Summary: This study investigates the impact of inclusive business supply chain transparency on consumer willingness to pay a premium. The results suggest that inclusive business supply chain transparency indirectly enhances consumer willingness to pay a premium through indirect reciprocity, especially for consumers with costly prosocial attributes.
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jiefei Zhang, Gang Ren, Jianhua Song
Summary: This study proposes a resilience-based optimization model for generating a bus-bridging and dispatching plan. The results show that the average waiting time is the main reason for travel delays, especially in short-distance travel. The use of a cycling strategy may have significant advantages over fixed vehicles for servicing fixed lines in situations with limited resources.
Article
Information Science & Library Science
Ruichen Ge, Sha Zhang, Hong Zhao
Summary: This study examines the impact of different types of negative emotions expressed in crowdfunding project descriptions on donations. The findings show that in the medical assistance category, the expression of sadness has an inverted U-shaped effect on donations, while the expression of anxiety has a negative effect. In the education assistance and disaster assistance categories, the expression of sadness has a positive effect on donations, but disclosure of anxiety and fear has no influence. Expressions of sadness, anxiety, and fear have no impact on donations in the poverty assistance category.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & PEOPLE
(2022)
Article
Management
Robert L. Bray
Summary: This study examines the impact of operational transparency on parcel delivery and finds that customers are more satisfied when track-package activities are clustered at the end of the delivery horizon. This has important managerial implications for how businesses end their service operations.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Jon M. Stauffer, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez, Lu (Lucy) Yan, Luk N. van Wassenhove
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2018)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Lu (Lucy) Yan, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Gloria Urrea, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez, Maria Besiou
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jorge Mejia, Amanda Mejia, Franco Pestilli
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Article
Management
Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez, Sameer Hasija, Luk N. Van Wassenhove
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
(2020)
Article
Management
Telesilla O. Kotsi, Owen Q. Wu, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez
Summary: This study examines the trade-off between in-kind and cash assistance for refugees and proposes implementable cash assistance policies that benefit both refugees and local residents, while ensuring the profitability of retailers.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Gloria Urrea, Eunae Yoo
Summary: Online volunteering platforms enable humanitarian organizations to recruit volunteers for remote project work. Volunteers' experience affects project completion rate and volunteer retention. The urgency of the project and the volunteers' experience level are factors that influence these metrics.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Karthik Balasubramanian, David F. F. Drake, Gloria Urrea
Summary: Business models designed for the base of the pyramid are effective in creating employment and improving quality of life, but the impact of poverty on such businesses is not well understood. This study examines the effect of poverty on operational decisions and market dimensions of mobile money in Kenya and Uganda. Results show that mobile money is well-positioned to serve those in poverty to a certain extent, but in regions with higher poverty rates, inventory costs increase and demand and network density decrease, undermining the business case. Ideas to strengthen mobile money in high poverty settings are discussed.
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Arian Aflaki, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez
Summary: This study examines the impact of funding competition on earmarking decisions, fundraising costs, and the performance of humanitarian organizations (HOs). The findings show that competition increases earmarked donations, raises fundraising costs, and negatively affects HO performance and utility. Collaborative fundraising models can mitigate these issues depending on the availability of funding resources.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Manufacturing
Chengcheng Zhai, Kurt Bretthauer, Jorge Mejia, Alfonso Pedraza-Martinez
Summary: In 2021, millions of people still lacked access to clean drinking water worldwide. This research focuses on optimizing the location of new water projects in rural areas of developing countries, using a decentralized decision-making and project management system. It proposes new models to improve water access and equity and provides recommendations for NGOs based on numerical studies.
PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Management
Telesilla O. Kotsi, Arian Aflaki, Goker Aydin, Alfonso J. Pedraza-Martinez
Summary: U.S. nonprofits are expected to prioritize program spending, but this may lead to underspending on administration and fundraising. We analyze optimal budget allocations for these categories based on capacity, return on program spending, and uncertain future needs. Our findings suggest that nonprofits should adjust their spending based on their capacity levels.
M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
(2023)
