Determinants of funding intention of crowdfunding campaigns from India – a subregional cultural variation and transnational migrants perspective
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to explore how sub-national or regional cultural differences influence backers’ willingness to crowdfund projects. The paper also explores how migrant transnationalism influences the impact of backer’s sub-national culture and crowdfunding relationships.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper is based on the experimental design technique using analysis of covariance methods. The authors tested the study hypotheses on a sample of 790 respondents.
Findings
The study results suggest that individuals differ in their intent to crowdfund product campaigns depending on value congruence between their cultural values derived from the region to which they belong and the nature of the product category, such as environmentally friendly or happiness-enhancing products.
Originality/value
This paper explores the role of regional cultural differences in determining the intention to crowdfund different campaigns based on the nature of the product. Value congruence, as driven by regional cultural differences with crowdfunding campaigns, has not been explored before.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the Editor, Associate Editor and Anonymous Reviewers, whose comments, guidance and suggestions tremendously helped in improving the manuscript.
Citation
Agnihotri, A., Bhattacharya, S. and Vrontis, D. (2024), "Determinants of funding intention of crowdfunding campaigns from India – a subregional cultural variation and transnational migrants perspective", Multinational Business Review, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-06-2023-0108
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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