This article systematically reviews literature at the intersection of crowdfunding and sustainability. It analyzes the extent to which the current research foci in crowdfunding and sustainability contribute to unleashing the potential of crowdfunding for sustainable development. The findings highlight that the research field has a relatively short history but already shows signs of growing maturity. With regard to the research foci, the results reveal misbalances between the relevance ascribed to various aspects in research and in practice. For example, the research primarily deals with the types of crowdfunding that make up the smallest shares of the crowdfunding volume. Likewise, a research gap related to the post-funding phase as well as to environmental oriented projects is identified. On this basis, it is recommended to focus future research on the impact of crowdfunding projects on staying within the planetary boundaries and on crowdfunding projects dealing with environmental issues or integrating the social and environmental dimension of sustainability. Additionally, the potential of crowdfunding as a legitimizing function for sustainable ventures needs to be researched.
How does responsible digital innovation become an accepted and desired innovation practice for businesses? Drawing on the case of Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR), we study how institutional entrepreneurs across different fields construct CDR as an issue to legitimize corporate commitment to responsible digital innovation. Our qualitative study from Germany suggests that institutional entrepreneurship for responsible digital innovation entails the discursive, relational and material legitimation of responsible digital innovation through the issue of CDR. The findings of this study enrich institutional research on digital innovation by shedding light on the field‐level construction of responsible digital innovation through Corporate Digital Responsibility. We further extend existing CDR frameworks by detailing the multi‐stakeholder efforts that may shape a firm's approach to CDR, as well as by revealing additional topics associated with the issue. We highlight the theoretical and practical implications of our research.
ZusammenfassungIm Zuge des digitalen Wandels an Hochschulen werden Lehr- und Lernmöglichkeiten vielerorts neu gestaltet. Um Entscheidungen im Sinne der zentralen Zielgruppe akademischer Bildungsprozesse, nämlich der Lernenden, zu treffen, sind neue Formen der Partizipation von Studierenden in der Hochschulentwicklung sinnvoll. In den Jahren 2018 und 2019 wurden Mitglieder der studentischen Arbeitsgruppe DigitalChangeMaker von Lehrenden, Leitungen sowie Service- und Supporteinrichtungen an Hochschulen regelmäßig gefragt, wie die Meinungen von Studierenden nicht nur besser erhoben, sondern auch aktiv in die Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels eingebunden werden können. Dabei stellen sich insbesondere die Fragen, welche Studierenden in welcher Form aktiviert und eingebunden, wie sie für Partizipationsanliegen befähigt werden können, welche Formate sich für welche Zwecke der Partizipation anbieten und welche digitalen Lösungen dabei helfen können. Aus den Erfahrungen der Arbeitsgruppe DigitalChangeMaker werden die zentralen Aspekte zur Beantwortung dieser Fragen in Form eines leitliniengestützten Phasenmodells der Studierendenbeteiligung herausgearbeitet und in Handlungsempfehlungen übersetzt, die zukünftigen Studierendengenerationen sowie Hochschulverantwortlichen Orientierung bei einer partizipativen Hochschulentwicklung bieten können.
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