Given the emerging nature of integrating Blockchain Technology (BCT) into several
business fields concerning the interaction between companies and their customers, this …

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have emerged as a new mechanism for entrepreneurial finance,
with parallels to initial public offerings, venture capital, and presale crowdfunding. In a …

Digital transformation underscored by the fourth industrial revolution has led to the
emergence of sophisticated technology-enabled financial services known as fintech, that …

This paper examines the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are smart contracts
based on blockchain technology that are designed for entrepreneurs to raise external …

This paper provides the first evidence of a moral hazard in signaling in an entrepreneurial
finance context, by examining token offerings or Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Entrepreneurs' …

We examine the role of institutional investors in initial coin offerings (ICOs). Taking a
financial investor's perspective, we assess the determinants of post-ICO performance via …

This study furthers recent research on Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) in understanding the set of
characteristics that drive ICO performance and reduce information asymmetry. Using data on …

Blockchain technology has been in the interest of IS researchers and practitioners for
several years. One key reason for this curiosity is the possibility to carry out peer-to-peer …

We apply a vector autoregression (VAR) model to investigate the market cycles of Initial
Coin Offerings (ICOs) as well as their relationships with bitcoin and ether. Our sample covers …

This study investigates the socio-demographic characteristics that individual cryptocurrency
investors exhibit and the factors which go into their investment decisions in different Initial …