Who can claim innovation and benefit from it? Gender and expectancy violations in reward‐based crowdfunding

Seigner, Benedikt David Christian; Milanov, Hana; McKenny, Aaron F.

doi:10.1002/sej.1426

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“…Our study contributes to the scant literature on gender, innovation, and entrepreneurship in three ways. First, we respond to the call by Brush et al (2022) to advance gender innovation research by adopting a multilevel approach in line with recent studies (Bauweraerts et al, 2022; Madison et al, 2022; Seigner et al, 2022). More specifically, we contribute to this debate by providing empirical evidence of the effects of institutional context, social context (macro-level), networking (meso-level), and demographic characteristics of women entrepreneurs (micro-level) on innovation performance.…”

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The effects of context and characteristics of women entrepreneurs on innovation performance

Chávez-Rivera,

Ruíz-Jiménez,

Fuentes-Fuentes

2023

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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Drawing on institutional and upper echelons theories, this study delves into the underexplored intersection of gender, context, and innovation performance among women entrepreneurs in Ecuador. Based on a sample of 45 women entrepreneurs, the study employs a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) and identifies six distinct paths to innovation performance. Contrary to initial expectations, our research findings substantiate that both institutional and social factors play a key role in fostering innovation in women-led firms in Ecuador. This innovation is facilitated by establishing close and frequent interpersonal connections, as well as by the age of the female entrepreneurs. Conversely, certain individual variables traditionally associated with innovation, such as education level or prior experience, manifest only sporadically. Our research enriches the discourse in gender and innovation studies by employing a multilevel approach and provides valuable insights into female entrepreneurial leadership’s contribution to advancing developing economies. JEL CLASSIFICATION: O32; J16

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confidence: 92%

The effects of context and characteristics of women entrepreneurs on innovation performance

Chávez-Rivera,

Ruíz-Jiménez,

Fuentes-Fuentes

2023

BRQ Business Research Quarterly

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“…Using a different angle from the creator's perspective, we focus on the creator-claimed innovativeness in project descriptions. A few studies also investigated claimed innovativeness (Seigner et al, 2022). However, in these studies, they defined innovation claims as innovation-related keywords or phrases, such as "innovative", "creative", "new product", or "significant improvement", and used predefined dictionaries to match those words or phrases (Lins et al, 2016;Mukherjee et al, 2017;Seigner et al, 2022).…”

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“…A few studies also investigated claimed innovativeness (Seigner et al, 2022). However, in these studies, they defined innovation claims as innovation-related keywords or phrases, such as "innovative", "creative", "new product", or "significant improvement", and used predefined dictionaries to match those words or phrases (Lins et al, 2016;Mukherjee et al, 2017;Seigner et al, 2022). In our study, we refer to creator-claimed innovativeness as sentences that describe the newness, improvement, or advantages of a product with respect to certain features or functions.…”

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“…Therefore, creators may treat campaigns as promotion opportunities and carefully design "pitches" (aka project descriptions) to persuade potential backers by emphasizing how innovative their works are. Although a few studies also studied the impact of creator-claimed innovativeness in their campaigns, they defined innovation claims as innovation-related keywords, such as "innovative", "creative", or "unique" (Lins et al, 2016;Mukherjee et al, 2017;Seigner et al, 2022). In this work, innovation claims instead refer to sentences written by creators to describe the newness, improvement, or advantages of work with respect to certain features or functions.…”

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Association Between Exposure to E-Cigarette Content Across 10 Social Media Sites and Youth E-Cigarette Use

Rajeshkumar,

Morean,

Kong

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The crowdfunding platforms have always been dedicated to supporting and inspiring innovative, and creative campaigns. However, limited research has been done to examine the fundraiser-claimed product innovation in campaign descriptions and its relation to fundraising performance. In this paper, we aim to tackle this important yet understudied problem. More specifically, we adopt a deep learning-based approach to extract sentences that contain innovation claims from project descriptions. We then conduct an empirical analysis to study the relation between fundraiser-claimed product innovation and crowdfunding performance by using a large sample consisting of 11,521 projects collected from Kickstarter across 4 project categories. Findings show a statistically significant association between fundraiser-claimed product innovation and crowdfunding performance. Additionally, the number of focal project innovation claims has a curvilinear relationship (inverted 'U' shape) with crowdfunding performance. Our study contributes to both product innovation detection and crowdfunding literature by demonstrating the association between product innovation presentation and crowdfunding performance.

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“…The papers in the special issue showcase various methods and empirical contexts for research on innovation in women's entrepreneurship and they highlight several themes at the macro, meso, and micro levels. One article focuses on a macro theme (Belz, Graddy‐Reed, Hanewicz, & Terrile, in press), two address meso themes (Bauweraerts, Rondi, Rovelli, De Massis, & Sciascia, 2022; Madison, Moore, Daspit, & Nabisaalu, 2022), and two address micro themes (McGrath, Chen, & Nerkar, in press; Seigner, Milanov, & Mckenny, in press). The articles in this special issue represent the frontiers of empirical research on innovation in women's entrepreneurship.…”

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Catalyzing change: Innovation in women's entrepreneurship

Brush

Eddleston

Edelman

et al. 2022

Strategic Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurship and innovation are social and relational processes that occur in diverse contexts involving multiple stakeholders. Recently, research in entrepreneurship has begun to explore entrepreneurial processes through the lens of gender. However, unlike its entrepreneurship counterpart, innovation research has paid limited attention to gender dynamics. Indeed, the majority of studies on innovation focus on products, processes, or organizations, with the individual often not "seen." This special issue recognizes the intertwined nature of gender, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and in doing so, presents five articles that develop new theory and provide new empirical evidence on the topic of innovation in women's entrepreneurship. Collectively, they offer new perspectives and open new avenues for future work. In structuring this editorial, we present an overview of the state of the field, provide a multilevel future research agenda, and introduce the articles that comprise this special issue.Despite the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation for economies and societies world-wide, innovation and gender are rarely explored together. Indeed, limited attention has been placed on the gendered nature of the relations among innovators, entrepreneurs, and processes. This special issue includes five articles, which address this gap from multiple perspectives. The editorial describes the state of the field prior to the special issue, introduces the special issue articles, and identifies a multilevel perspective suggesting avenues for further investigation.Innovation is an important engine of economic development and a driver of social progress, economic recovery, and sustainability (Eriksson, 2014;Garcia & Calantone, 2002). Academic research on the role of innovation in economic and social change has expanded rapidly since the 1960s (Eriksson, 2014;Fagerberg, Mowery, & Nelson, 2005). Despite this, most innovation research focuses on where innovation takes place as opposed to who takes part in it. This lack of focus on people in the innovation process ensures that the gender perspectives and other personal characteristics of the scientists, technologists, and innovators remain invisible (Etzkowitz & Kemelgor, 2001). As a result, we have limited understanding of the gender dimension in innovation and how a feminine perspective may contribute to innovation research (Pecis & Berglund, 2021).In contrast, there has been much progress in examining women's entrepreneurship (Jennings & Brush, 2013;

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Who can claim innovation and benefit from it? Gender and expectancy violations in reward‐based crowdfunding

Cited by 30 publications

References 151 publications

The effects of context and characteristics of women entrepreneurs on innovation performance

The effects of context and characteristics of women entrepreneurs on innovation performance

Association Between Exposure to E-Cigarette Content Across 10 Social Media Sites and Youth E-Cigarette Use

Catalyzing change: Innovation in women's entrepreneurship

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