{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2611580918","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","title":"Introduction to the special issue on Crowdfunding and FinTech","display_name":"Introduction to the special issue on Crowdfunding and FinTech","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2611580918","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","mag":"2611580918"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","pdf_url":"https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3034727917","display_name":"Financial Innovation","issn_l":"2199-4730","issn":["2199-4730"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Financial Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"editorial","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046768859","display_name":"Yue Ma","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5361-9339","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5361-9339"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168719708","display_name":"City University of Hong Kong","ror":"https://ror.org/03q8dnn23","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yue Ma","raw_affiliation_strings":["City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057032098","display_name":"Liu De","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-9732","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9430-9732"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I130238516","display_name":"University of Minnesota","ror":"https://ror.org/017zqws13","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I130238516"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"De Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I130238516"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5046768859"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168719708"],"apc_list":{"value":0,"currency":"USD","value_usd":0},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":49,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"3","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11995","display_name":"FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11995","display_name":"FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance","score":1.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13346","display_name":"Digital Transformation in Financial Services","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2000","display_name":"General Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10270","display_name":"Blockchain Technology Applications and Security","score":0.0,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crowdfunding","display_name":"crowdfunding","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/fintech","display_name":"fintech","score":0.9279999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crowdfunding-platforms","display_name":"crowdfunding platforms","score":0.7080000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/investors","display_name":"investors","score":0.4410000145435333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electronic-payments","display_name":"digital payments","score":0.6069999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cryptocurrency","display_name":"cryptocurrency","score":0.8679999709129333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robo-advisors","display_name":"robo-advisors","score":0.9210000038146973}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155911762","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q422321","display_name":"Blueprint","level":2,"score":0.6941680312156677},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145097563","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1148747","display_name":"Payment","level":2,"score":0.6700649261474609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C540431452","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16319025","display_name":"FinTech","level":3,"score":0.6130417585372925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139043278","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837171","display_name":"Financial services","level":2,"score":0.5934733152389526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5560353994369507},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21279758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219409","display_name":"Venture capital","level":2,"score":0.5445764660835266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10138342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43015","display_name":"Finance","level":1,"score":0.5113806128501892},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.4631933569908142},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4216890","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815823","display_name":"Business model","level":2,"score":0.4475741982460022},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54750564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26643","display_name":"Commerce","level":1,"score":0.35212409496307373},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.34807059168815613},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.30985742807388306},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.15936428308486938},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.11501955986022949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136764020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466","display_name":"World Wide Web","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":5,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","pdf_url":"https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3034727917","display_name":"Financial Innovation","issn_l":"2199-4730","issn":["2199-4730"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Financial Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:spr:fininn:v:3:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1186_s40854-017-0058-9","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://link.springer.com/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:019faf8f4cad4e1c947d0ddbb5251a6f","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/019faf8f4cad4e1c947d0ddbb5251a6f","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Financial Innovation, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2017)","raw_type":"article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:econstor.eu:10419/176449","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10419/176449","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401696","display_name":"Econstor (Econstor)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"doc-type:article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/4b9a42af-eac1-4e99-b786-8cefb8a763e6","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2031/4b9a42af-eac1-4e99-b786-8cefb8a763e6","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S7407055387","display_name":"CityU Scholars","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Ma, Y & Liu, D 2017, 'Introduction to the special issue on Crowdfunding and FinTech', Financial Innovation, vol. 3, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/annotation"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","pdf_url":"https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s40854-017-0058-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3034727917","display_name":"Financial Innovation","issn_l":"2199-4730","issn":["2199-4730"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","doaj","jufo-1","ki-jl-1","norway-1","poland-40","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Financial Innovation","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.428600013256073}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2611580918.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W2611580918.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2992271262","https://openalex.org/W7160989346","https://openalex.org/W2785082503","https://openalex.org/W2961650660","https://openalex.org/W3205956266","https://openalex.org/W4415385057","https://openalex.org/W7219683249","https://openalex.org/W4283813723","https://openalex.org/W7155708346","https://openalex.org/W7065012603"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Over":[0],"the":[1,56,61,74,87,93,108,125,129,144,173,176,188,199,203,225,251,269,278,323,346,358,363,365,368,377],"past":[2],"10":[3],"years,":[4],"crowdfunding,":[5,243],"which":[6],"allows":[7],"a":[8,16,21,28,33,218],"large":[9],"number":[10,293],"of":[11,31,36,51,54,101,110,124,134,146,168,171,175,194,205,220,294,330,335,342,348,367,380],"individuals":[12],"to":[13,85,91,141,143,214,266],"collectively":[14],"finance":[15,325,371],"new":[17,88,258],"business":[18,39,48,89],"venture":[19],"through":[20],"technology":[22,147],"platform,":[23],"has":[24,191],"risen":[25],"rapidly":[26],"as":[27,202],"popular":[29],"way":[30,226],"financing":[32],"wide":[34],"range":[35],"activities":[37],"including":[38],"ventures,":[40],"personal":[41],"loans,":[42],"and":[43,76,150,161,234,246,259,284,304,310,338,372,385,391],"charity":[44],"projects.The":[45],"modern":[46],"crowdfunding":[47,95,111,163],"mode":[49],"consists":[50],"three":[52,355],"types":[53],"players:":[55],"project":[57],"proposers":[58],"who":[59,70],"provide":[60],"original":[62],"idea/blueprint/project":[63],"that":[64,80,152,187,222,268,318,395],"requires":[65],"external":[66],"finance,":[67],"potential":[68],"investors":[69],"are":[71,236,375,386],"interested":[72],"in":[73,104,121,198,210,281,287,313,351,404],"idea,":[75],"an":[77,98,132],"internet":[78],"platform":[79],"brings":[81],"all":[82],"parties":[83],"alongside":[84],"kick-start":[86],"venture.According":[90],"crowdexpert.com,":[92],"global":[94],"industry":[96,190],"raised":[97],"estimate":[99],"total":[100],"$34":[102],"billion":[103],"2015.":[105],"1":[106],"Amidst":[107],"take-off":[109],"around":[112],"2010":[113],"(Fig.":[114,182],"1),":[115,183],"2":[116],"technology-based":[117],"innovations":[118],"also":[119],"emerged":[120],"other":[122,195],"sectors":[123],"financial":[126,154,189,196,227,232],"industry.Around":[127],"2014,":[128],"term":[130,177],"\"FinTech\",":[131],"abbreviation":[133],"\"Financial":[135],"Technology\",":[136],"started":[137],"being":[138],"used":[139],"broadly":[140,223],"refer":[142],"influx":[145,193],"tools,":[148],"platforms,":[149],"ecosystems":[151],"make":[153],"services":[155],"or":[156],"products":[157],"more":[158],"accessible,":[159],"efficient,":[160],"affordable.The":[162],"activity":[164],"is":[165,179,185,256,263],"just":[166],"one":[167,332],"many":[169,389],"aspects":[170],"FinTech.Though":[172],"use":[174],"\"FinTech\"":[178],"fairly":[180],"recent":[181],"it":[184,262],"clear":[186],"experienced":[192],"technologies":[197,221],"history,":[200],"such":[201],"introduction":[204],"Automatic":[206],"Teller":[207],"Machine":[208],"(ATM)":[209],"1967.FinTech":[211],"today":[212],"refers":[213],"not":[215,264,400],"one,":[216],"but":[217],"host":[219],"impact":[224],"payment,":[228],"funding,":[229],"lending,":[230],"investing,":[231],"services,":[233],"currencies":[235],"conducted.These":[237],"include,":[238],"for":[239,382],"instance,":[240],"digital":[241],"payments,":[242],"Robo-advisors,":[244],"cryptocurrencies":[245],"markets/services":[247],"enabled":[248],"by":[249,254,307],"cryptocurrencies.Because":[250],"revolution":[252],"brought":[253],"FinTech":[255,381,393],"so":[257],"still":[260],"ongoing,":[261],"surprising":[265],"find":[267],"'top'":[270],"academic":[271,383,397,405],"journals":[272,326,361,374],"have":[273,289,399],"yet":[274],"caught":[275],"up":[276],"with":[277],"latest":[279],"developments":[280],"FinTech.Top":[282],"Finance":[283],"Accounting":[285],"journals,":[286],"particular,":[288],"published":[290],"very":[291],"limited":[292],"papers":[295,321,356],"on":[296,300,345],"FinTech.A":[297],"review":[298],"paper":[299],"Internet":[301],"big":[302,349],"data":[303,350],"capital":[305,352],"markets":[306],"Minjian":[308],"Ye":[309],"Guangzhong":[311],"Li":[312],"this":[314],"special":[315],"issue":[316],"finds":[317],"only":[319,354],"four":[320],"from":[322,328,333,340,357],"top-3":[324,359],"-three":[327],"Journal":[329,341],"Finance,":[331],"Review":[334],"Financial":[336,343],"Studies,":[337],"none":[339],"Economicsfocus":[344],"issues":[347,394],"markets.Similarly,":[353],"accounting":[360,373],"do":[362],"same.Although":[364],"editors":[366],"top":[369],"tier":[370],"realizing":[376],"increasing":[378],"importance":[379],"research":[384],"catching":[387],"up,":[388],"interesting":[390],"pressing":[392],"require":[396],"treatises":[398],"received":[401],"much":[402],"attention":[403],"journals.":[406]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-10-22T18:32:59.640997","created_date":"2017-05-12T00:00:00"}