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Crowdfunding w Polsce – koncepcja finansowania społecznościowego
Crowdfunding in Poland – the concept of social financing

Author(s): Dominika Kordela
Subject(s): Economy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: finance; social financing; crowdfunding

Summary/Abstract: New technologies related to the development of the Internet have been changing many areas of social and economic life. In recent years finances have been changing, which has manifested in opening online bank accounts, online investment accounts or Internet trading platforms of financial instruments. A relatively new phenomenon of Internet are crowdfunding services that focus on intermediation in financing various projects. Aims, types and nature of projects are different, but the key point is to collect small amounts of money from a large number of individuals or organizations. The aim of the study is to present the issues concerning crowdfunding and its models, as well as the development of crowdfunding in Poland. The following methods have been used: an analysis of literature on the subject, descriptive and comparative method. A study of crowdfunding in Poland indicates a model of financing, costs, types of projects supported, and the size of financing.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 436
  • Page Range: 143-153
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish