Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India

Endrit Kromidha; Nidhi Yadav; P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan

doi:10.1145/3378393.3402232

Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India

Endrit Kromidha, Nidhi Yadav, P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan

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Abstract

This paper advances entrepreneurial networking theory by analysing development studies in the light of an empirical study of online crowdfunding for female entrepreneurs in India. The data collected on 725 projects in Rang De - India's first microfinance platform, which mainly serves female borrowers - show that, even when fundraisers can be digitally and socially disconnected from their funders, funding success is more a matter of environment and organisational factors than of project-specific characteristics. This differs from what developed country crowdfunding research suggests. The importance and gender-specific role of intermediaries is also acknowledged, driving more attention to gender-equality and to the digital divide problems in entrepreneurship for development.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	312-313
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450371292
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3378393.3402232
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2020
Event	3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, COMPASS 2020 - Guayaquil, Ecuador Duration: 15 Jun 2020 → 17 Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies

Conference

Conference	3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, COMPASS 2020
Country/Territory	Ecuador
City	Guayaquil
Period	15/06/20 → 17/06/20

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Keywords

access to finance
crowdfunding
digital platforms
women entrepreneurship

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science(all)

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Kromidha, E., Yadav, N., & Ilavarasan, P. V. (2020). Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India. In COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (pp. 312-313). (COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies). Association for Computing Machinery . https://doi.org/10.1145/3378393.3402232

Kromidha, Endrit ; Yadav, Nidhi ; Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara. / Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India. COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery , 2020. pp. 312-313 (COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies).

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Kromidha, E, Yadav, N & Ilavarasan, PV 2020, Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India. in COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 312-313, 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies, COMPASS 2020, Guayaquil, Ecuador, 15/06/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3378393.3402232

Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India. / Kromidha, Endrit; Yadav, Nidhi; Ilavarasan, P. Vigneswara.
COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery , 2020. p. 312-313 (COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies).

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Kromidha E, Yadav N, Ilavarasan PV. Entrepreneurial Networks for Development Crowdfunding Opportunities for Women in India. In COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. Association for Computing Machinery . 2020. p. 312-313. (COMPASS 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies). doi: 10.1145/3378393.3402232