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Assessing the sustainability of crowdfunding in social media and Google trends
Maria José Palma Lampreia Dos-Santos (Santos, M. J. P. L. dos.); Manuel Mota (Mota, M.); Maria de Fátima Ferreiro (Ferreiro, M. F.); Nawaz Ahmad (Ahmad, N.); Rizwan Ahmed (Ahmed, R. R.); Carlos Machado-Santos (Santos, C. M.); Emiliana Silva (Silva, E.); et al.
Advances in human factors, business management and leadership. Avances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Year (definitive publication)
2019
Language
English
Country
Switzerland
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Abstract
This paper aims to assess the degree to which sustainability, namely, economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions are integrated within the public discourse on crowdfunding in social media and in Google Trends. The utilizing Social Media Analytics and Google Trends search queries, respectively, we track discussions on crowdfunding in user-generated content published in social media and analyse the Google Trends queries. Quantitative methodology, namely, multivariate analysis and econometric models was used, in order nowcast the insights about the importance of the sustainability dimensions in the crowdfunding. The results show an interesting trend of increasing popularity search terms in sustainability dimensions as a proxi of marketing strategies to involve the participants in the crowdfunding projects.
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Keywords
Business models,Crowdfunding,Google trends,Social media,Social media analytics,Sustainability
  • Physical Sciences - Natural Sciences
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UID/SOC/03127/2013 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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