Entrepreneurial finance

Crowdfunding

  • Block, J., Groh, A., Hornuf, L., Vanacker, T., Vismara, S. (2021). The entrepreneurial finance markets of the future: a comparison of crowdfunding and initial coin offerings. Small Business Economics. 57(2): 865-882.
    (article - open access)

  • Maier L., Baccarella C.V., Block J., Wagner T., Voigt K.-I. (2023). The legitimization effect of crowdfunding success: a consumer perspective. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 47(4): 1389-1420.
    (article - open access)

  • Iurchenko, D., Petty, J., Block, J. (2023). The effect of online discussion boards on equity crowdfunding dynamics. Journal of Small Business Management. 61(6): 3284-3314.
    (article)

  • Iurchenko, D., Petty, J. S., Shang, C. S., Block, J. (2020). Enabling equity crowdfunding: understanding the legal approval process across four countries. International Review of Entrepreneurship. 18(2): 221-254.
    (article)

  • Zaggl, M., Block, J. (2019). Do small funding amounts lead to reverse herding? A field experiment in reward-based crowdfunding. Journal of Business Venturing Insights. 13.
    (article)

  • Block, J., Colombo, M., Cumming, D., Vismara, S. (2018). New players in entrepreneurial finance and why they are there. Small Business Economics, 50(2): 239-250.
    (article - open access)

  • Block, J., Hornuf, L., Moritz, A. (2018). Which updates during a crowdfunding campaign increase crowd participation? Small Business Economics, 50(1): 3-27.
    (article - open access, working paper version)

  • Moritz, A., Block, J. H. (2015). Crowdfunding: A literature review and research directions. In J. H. Block, A. Kuckertz (Series Eds.), D. Brüntje, O. Gajda (Vol. Eds.), FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Vol. 1. Crowdfunding in Europe – State of the Art in Theory and Practice. Cham: Springer Science & Business Media, pp. 25-53.
    (working paper version)

  • Moritz, A., Block, J., Lutz, E. (2015). Investor communication in equity-based crowdfunding: A qualitative-empirical study. Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 7(3): 309-342.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Moritz, A. (2015). Financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe – financing patterns and ‘crowdfunding’. Dissertation.
    (link)

  • Block, J., Moritz, A. (2014). Crowdfunding als Finanzierungsalternative von Gründungen aus der Wissenschaft. In: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, 15 Jahre EXIST – EXIST-Tagungsband 2014, pp- 65-70.
    (article)

  • Moritz, A., Block, J. (2014). Crowdfunding und Crowdinvesting: State-of-the-Art der wissenschaftlichen Literatur. Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 62(1): 57-89
    (article, working paper version)

Initial coin offerings

  • Block, J., Groh, A., Hornuf, L., Vanacker, T., Vismara, S. (2021). The entrepreneurial finance markets of the future: a comparison of crowdfunding and initial coin offerings. Small Business Economics. 57(2): 865-882.
    (article - open access)

  • Fisch, C., Masiak, C., Vismara, S., Block, J. (2021). Motives and profiles of ICO investors. Journal of Business Research. 125(3): 564-576.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Masiak, C., Block, J., Masiak, T., Neuenkirch, M., Pielen, K. (2020). Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs): market cycles and relationship with Bitcoin and Ether. Small Business Economics, 55(4): 1113-1130.
    (article - open access)

Bootstrapping

  • Block, J., Fisch, C., Hirschmann, M. (2022). The determinants of bootstrap financing in crises: evidence from entrepreneurial ventures in the COVID-19 pandemic. Small Business Economics. 58: 867-885.
    (article - open access)

SME financing

  • Masiak, C., Moritz, A., Lang, F., Kraemer-Eis, H. (2019). How do micro firms differ in their financing patterns from larger SMEs? Venture Capital. An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 21(4): 301-325.
    (article)

  • Moritz, A., Block, J., Heinz, A. (2016). Financing patterns of European SMEs - An empirical taxonomy. Venture Capital–an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 18(2), 115-148.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Moritz, A. (2015). Financing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe – financing patterns and ‘crowdfunding’. Dissertation.
    (link)

 Venture capital and business angel funding

  • Block, J., Benz, L., Krämer-Eis, H., Botsari, A., Lang, F., Mandys, F. (in press). Climate issues in portfolio investment decisions: a comparison of private equity and venture capital. Venture Capital–an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance.
    (article - open access)

  • Kraemer-Eis, H., Block, J., Botsari, A., Lang, F., Lorenzen, S., Diegel, W. (in press). Entrepreneurial finance in Europe and the Russian war against Ukraine. Journal of Technology Transfer.
    (article - open access)

  • Block, J., Diegel, W., Fisch, C. (2024). How venture capital funding changes an entrepreneur's digital identity: more self-confidence and professionalism but less authenticity! Review of Managerial Science.18(8): 2287–2319.
    (article - open access, data set)

  • Block, J., Diegel, W., Fisch, C. (2024). Schumpeterian entrepreneurial digital identity and funding from venture capital firms. Journal of Technology Transfer. 49: 119-157.
    (article, working paper version, data set)

  • Moritz, A., Diegel, W., Block, J., Fisch, C. (2022). VC investors’ venture screening: the role of the decision maker’s education and experience. Journal of Business Economics. 92(1), 27-63.
    (article - open access)

  • Block, J. Fisch, C., Vismara, S., Andres, R. (2019). Private equity investment criteria: An experimental conjoint analysis of venture capital, business angels, and family offices. Journal of Corporate Finance, 58: 329-352.
    (article - open access)

  • Block, J., Fisch, C., Obschonka, M., Sandner, P. (2019). A personality perspective on business angel syndication. Journal of Banking and Finance, 100, 306-327.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Ter Wal, A., Alexy, O., Block, J., Sandner, P. (2016). The best of both worlds: the benefits of specialized-brokered and diverse-closed syndication networks for new venture success. Administrative Science Quarterly, 61(3), 393-432.
    (article - open access)
  • Zhou, H., Sandner, P., Martinelli, L., Block, J. (2016). Patents, trademarks, and their complementarity in venture capital funding. Technovation, 47: 14-22.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., De Vries, G., Schumann, J., Sandner, P. (2014). Trademarks and venture capital valuation. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(4): 453-484.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Alexy, O., Block, J, Sandner, P., Ter Wal, A. (2012). Social capital of venture capitalists and start-up funding. Small Business Economics, 39(4): 835-851.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., de Vries, G. Sandner, P. (2012). Venture capital and the financial crisis: an empirical study across industries and countries. in: D. Cumming (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Venture Capital, Oxford University Press, pp. 37-61.
    (working paper version)

  • De Vries, G., Block, J. (2011). Venture capital syndication in times of economic crisis. Venture Capital–an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 13(3): 195-213.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Jell, F., Block, J., Henkel, F. (2011). Innovativität als Kriterium bei Venture Capital Entscheidungen. Kredit und Kapital, 44(4): 509-541.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., Sandner, P. (2011). Venture capital funding in the middle of the year 2011: are we back to pre-crisis boom levels? Strategic Change. Briefings in Entrepreneurial Finance, 20(5-6): 161-169.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., Sandner, P. (2009). What is the effect of the financial crisis on venture capital-financing? Empirical evidence from US internet start-ups. Venture Capital–an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 11(4): 295-309.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., Sandner, P. (2009). Wie wirkt sich die Finanzkrise auf Venture-Capital-Finanzierungen aus? FINANZ BETRIEB, 7/8: 427-432.
    (article)

Venture debt and debt funds

  • Block, J., Jang, Y. S, Kaplan, S. N., Schulze, A. (2024). A survey of private debt funds. The Review of Corporate Finance Studies. 13(2): 335-383.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Krause, C. (2023). The role of venture debt in entrepreneurial finance. Dissertation an der Universität Trier.
    (dissertation)