[Commlist] Call for Chapters: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Crowdfunding Platforms

Call for Chapters: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Crowdfunding 
Platforms | IGI Global

https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3791

Editors

Carla Sofia Vicente Negrão

João António Furtado Brito, UNICV


Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: March 7, 2019
Full Chapters Due: July 5, 2019
Submission Date: October 28, 2019

Introduction

During recent years, the number of crowdfunding platforms has increasead 
in worldwide. In order to discuss ideas, problems, challenges, and 
solutions for changes in society and organizations to improve 
crowdfunding platforms, we prepare this book. This book has an important 
role to play in providing knowledge for researchers, experts, and 
practitioners of crowdfunding platforms in the global digital economy. 
It also intends to provide guidelines for economists, managers, 
entrepreneurs, consultants, policy makers, and technology developers.

Objective

This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the 
latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for 
professionals who want to improve their understanding of crowdfunding at 
different levels of the knowledge.

The overall objectives of this book are:
• To explore the latest crowdfunding trends;
• To present the current state of crowdfunding;
• To explore/examine challenges, opportunities, limitations, and risks 
of crowdfunding;
• To help readers understand crowdfunding platforms;
• To aim to publish the latest research findings;
• To provide emerging research on the use of crowdfunding platforms;
• To understand the Law about crowdfunding.

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and 
researchers working in the field of crowdfunding in various disciplines. 
Moreover, the book will provide insights and support for scholars, 
academics, researchers, economists, managers, entrepreneurs, 
consultants, sociologists, teachers, policy makers, and technology 
developers interested in crowdfunding platforms.

Recommended Topics

Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to:
• Crowdfunding mobile
• Crowdfunding and e-commerce
• Crowdfunding innovations
• Risk and security
• Crowdfunding industry 5.0
• Crowdfunding business models
• Crowdfunding platforms
• Education crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding projects
• Crowdfunding business intelligence
• IoT crowdfunding
• Digital literacy crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding for digital entrepreneurship
• Crowdfunding for economic development
• Crowdfunding for startups
• Crowdfunding success
• Crowdfunding sustainability
• Future Trends in crowdfunding
• Crowdfunding and Laws

Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 
7, 2019, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining 
the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be 
notified by April 6, 2019 about the status of their proposals and sent 
chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 
5, 2019, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for 
manuscript submissions at 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ 
prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve 
as reviewers for this project.

Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts 
submitted to this book publication, Multidisciplinary Approaches to 
Crowdfunding Platforms. All manuscripts are accepted based on a 
double-blind peer review editorial process.
All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®TM 
online submission manager.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," 
"Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com>. This publication 
is anticipated to be released in 2020.

Important Dates

March 7, 2019: Proposal Submission Deadline
April 6, 2019: Notification of Acceptance
July 5, 2019: Full Chapter Submission
September 2, 2019: Review Results Returned
October 14, 2019: Final Acceptance Notification
October 28, 2019: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries

Carla (cvnegrao /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(carla%20cvnegrao /at/ gmail.com)>
João (joao.brito /at/ docente.unicv.edu.cv) 
<mailto:(jo%C3%A3o%20joao.brito /at/ docente.unicv.edu.cv)>


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