01919nas a2200301   4500008004100000022001400041245007200055210006900127260004200196300001000238490000700248520110800255653001201363653001701375653001201392653001201404653001601416653001601432653001501448653001201463653001201475653002001487100002101507700001901528700002101547700001901568856003001587       2021                        eng d  a1927-032100aTechnology Project Summaries as a Predictor of Crowdfunding Success0 aTechnology Project Summaries as a Predictor of Crowdfunding Succ  aOttawabTalent First Networkc12/2021  a33-440 v113 aCrowdfunding has emerged in recent years as an important alternative means for technology entrepreneurs to raise funds for their products and business ideas. While the success rate of crowdfunding projects is somewhat low, scholarly understanding of what distinguishes projects that reach their fundraising goals from those that fail remains incomplete. Further, studies on crowdfunding success often examine a number of variables that make predicting success a challenge for entrepreneurs wiling to use crowdfunding. This study uses topic modelling on a data set of over 21,000 technology projects from Kickstarter to investigate if short-text project summaries can reveal predictors of fundraising success on crowdfunding platforms. The results indicate that compared to those that fail in fundraising, project summaries of successfully funded technology projects put forward more trendy topics, use wording that reflects novelty, and focus on solving a social problem. Our results contribute to theory and practice by suggesting the importance of summarizing project content for crowdfunding success.10abackers10acrowdfunding10afailure10afunding10afundraising10aKickstarter10aprediction10aproject10asuccess10atopic modelling1 aWesterlund, Mika1 aSingh, Ishdeep1 aRajahonka, Mervi1 aLeminen, Seppo  utimreview.ca/article/147201518nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245008300055210006900138260004200207300001000249490000700259520083200266653001601098653001201114653002501126653002201151653002301173100002401196700002001220700001801240856003001258       2021                        eng d  a1927-032100aValue Proposition Misalignment and the Failure to Become a Born-Global Company0 aValue Proposition Misalignment and the Failure to Become a BornG  aOttawabTalent First Networkc04/2021  a38-510 v113 aThis inductive study explores factors by which some new and innovative firms try yet fail to achieve born-global status. Born-global studies have a survivorship bias, with errors of omission that paint a favourable picture of how innovative and well-funded new ventures internationalise. In this paper, we counter such biases by focussing on innovative ventures that expressed intentions to become born global but failed to do so. Our findings reveal that these new ventures fail in two ways. Either they underestimate the need to tailor a portfolio of value propositions and over-extend their efforts across too many markets, a pattern called "baby born-global". Or they over-commit to one market at a time, thus limiting their capacity to develop value propositions in similar markets, a pattern called "micro multinational".10aBorn-global10afailure10ainternationalisation10apremature scaling10avalue propositions1 aPrabaharan, Roshana1 aBliemel, Martin1 aTanev, Stoyan  utimreview.ca/article/1435