Abstract
The paper at hand examines if the crowd can offer valuable support in evaluating start-ups. In doing so, we plan to conduct an experiment 1.) to test if the crowd is capable to support experts in evaluating start-ups 2.) to examine how differences in task-representation (i.e. rating scales vs. a crowdfunding mechanism) influences cognitive processing of the crowd and 3.) to examine how types of cognitive processing (i.e. system 1 thinking vs. system 2 thinking) relate to prediction accuracy of the crowd. To this end, we plan to introduce crowdfunding as a new evaluation mechanism to support the crowd in coming up with more accurate predictions of start-up value. Our theoretical contribution is twofold. First, we aim to show if the crowd can be used to support Venture capitalists in evaluating start-ups, in the sense that their evaluations agree with expert evaluations. Second, we plan to con-tribute to a better understanding about how the design of evaluation mechanisms influences peoples cognitive processing and the crowds ability to predict start-up value.
First Page
3036
Last Page
3048
Recommended Citation
Lipusch, Nikolaus; Dellermann, Dominik; and Ebel, Philipp, (2017). "Using Crowdfunding For Start-Up Evaluation: How Task Representation Influences Predition Accuracy of The Crowd". In Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Guimarães, Portugal, June 5-10, 2017 (pp. 3036-3048). ISBN 978-0-9915567-0-0 Research-in-Progress Papers.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2017_rip/52