Archetypes of Crowdfunders’ Backing Behaviors and the Outcome of Crowdfunding Efforts (CIST 2013)
1. archetypes of crowdfunders’ backing behaviors
and the outcomes of crowdfunding efforts
jungpil hahn
national university of singapore
2. • crowdfunding as important, emerging online mechanism for sourcing
capital
• novel phenomenon with great potential to fuel innovation growth
• nascent, but growing body of literature on crowdfunding
why crowdfunding?
3. • crowdfunding as important, emerging online mechanism for sourcing
capital
• novel phenomenon with great potential to fuel innovation growth
• nascent, but growing body of literature on crowdfunding
why crowdfunding?
• implicitly assumed homogeneity in backers and backer behaviors
10. initial research questions
• heterogeneity in crowdfunders’ backing behaviors
• is funding success associated with the types of crowdfunders a project
attracts?
11. analysis approach
• heterogeneity in crowdfunders’ backing behaviors
• cluster analysis of project backer data
• is funding success associated with the types of crowdfunders a project
attracts?
• regression analysis with types of backers and project success
12. the data
• randomly select 6,800 completed projects
• 414,737 backers of those 6,880 projects
13. the data
• randomly select 6,800 completed projects
• 414,737 backers of those 6,880 projects
Kim, Kyeongtae and Hann, Il-Horn “Does Crowdfunding Democratize Access to Capital,” INFORMS CIST 2013 (3
Papers ago)
Zvilichovsky, David, Inbar,Yael and Barzilay, Ohad “Playing Both Sides of the Market: Success and Reciprocity on
Crowdfunding Platforms,” INFORMS CIST 2013 (Next Session)
24. archetypes of backers
• Casual Wanderers:
• infrequent backing but spread across a variety of funding categories
• Focused Supporter:
• infrequent backers predominantly in one type of category
• Category Enthusiasts:
• moderately frequent backing concentrated in one type of category
• Portfolio Masters:
• extremely frequent backing across all categories
26. is funding success associated with the types of
crowdfunders a project attracts?
27. backer types and project success
Model 1
Logistic Regression
Model 2
OLS Regression
DV: Project Success DV: % of Goal Raised
Constant 2.8502**
(0.3257)
2.4073**
(0.1879)
ln(Project Goal) -0.3693**
(0.0341)
-0.1971**
(0.0190)
Duration -0.0292**
(0.0026)
-0.0059**
(0.0013)
Casual Wanderers (%) 1.9496**
(0.2457)
0.5054**
(0.1460)
Focused Supporters (%) 4.8058**
(0.4437)
2.1402**
(0.2566)
Category Enthusiasts (%) -1.6808
(0.8640)
-1.2392**
(0.4341)
Portfolio Masters (%) -21.5169**
(2.0081)
-3.6664**
(0.6405)
Number of Obs. (N) 6,343 6,343
Model Fit LR χ2
= 840.49** F = 16.16**
R2
0.1437 0.0440
Significance Levels: **
p < 0.01, *
p < 0.05
28. factors impacting project outcomes
• more ambitious projects are less likely to be successful
• longer project duration are less likely to be successful
• attracting casual wanderers and focused supporters is associated with
project success
• interestingly, attracting a more category enthusiasts and portfolio
masters is negatively associated with project success