Kristian Roed Nielsen

Copenhagen Business School · Department of Management, Society and Communication

Decisions are rarely made in isolation and the role of others’ decisions in guiding our own has been observed in a diversity of contexts. This influence is often argued to result from an information cascade, where decisions in a sequential setting are influenced by the early decisions of others. However, the degree to which individuals modify behav...

The influence of others' behaviour on our own is pervasive and is often argued to result from an information cascade, where decisions in a sequential setting are influenced by the early decisions of others. However, the degree to which individuals modify behaviour through the integration of social information (i.e. other people’s decisions) varies...

Sustainable entrepreneurship can contribute to sustainable development by seeking synergies between social, environmental and economic outcomes, turning market failures into commercial opportunities. However, institutional conditions often act to obstruct sustainable entrepreneurs. While policy is instrumental in shaping conditions for entrepreneur...

The agri-food system features prominently in discussions about sustainable development because of its broad economic, social, and environmental impacts. To examine how the agri-food system is responding – and can respond – to the grand challenges of sustainability, we position this Special Issue (SI) within the stream of sustainability-oriented inn...

As crowdfunding becomes an increasingly common source of financing for a diverse range of entrepreneurs, this paper seeks to add to the literature by qualitatively exploring why entrepreneurs choose to engage in crowdfunding. We find that entrepreneurs often engage in crowdfunding as a first resort with three distinct motives; to raise capital, to...

Crowdfunding has emerged as an important alternative financing tool for entrepreneurs. Extant research on the antecedents of crowdfunding success have produced divergent results. By applying the cross-disciplinary lens of strategic linguistic framing, that is, framing campaign messages in a way that is salient and that resonates with the values of...

This paper seeks to ascertain why the role of end-user (consumer) within sustainable innovation remains largely overlooked by policymakers in spite of their significant potential in driving socio-technical transitions. Drawing on 25 in-depth interviews with policymakers, the paper finds that conceptual vagueness and a lack of clear definitions with...

Crowdfunding represents a growing source of alternative financing for a variety of both for- and non-profit ventures that through incremental contributions from a large and dispersed group of individuals have changed the funding opportunities for diversity of projects. Based on data from eight crowdfunding platforms that have financed projects with...

Optimists contend that crowdfunding, in which project backers use online campaigns to assemble numerous small donations, can democratize access to finance, but there are legitimate concerns that this funding approach remains discriminatory. Drawing on recent readings emphasizing the geographic components of Bourdieu’s field theory, we argue the rel...

Crowdfunding presents many opportunities for moving towards a sustainable society, with specific interest for sustainable entrepreneurs and innovators. In order to examine the potential role of crowdfunding in this context, we position this Special Issue (SI) within the larger stream of sustainability transitions literature, and in particular in re...

Crowdfunding has become a rapidly growing source of alternative financing for a wide range of products and service ideas. The crowdfunding process itself necessitates the successful interaction between a number of actors including the central organizing platform, a number of content providing campaigns, and a large diverse group of funders. By util...

Sustainable innovation is typically viewed through the lens of the producer innovator, whereas end-users (or consumers) are perceived to play only a peripheral role in the development of sustainable products and services. A growing literature stream, however, sharply departs from this view by suggesting that end-users often play a critical role wit...

Field report prepared for the EU-InnovatE project (Deliverable A6.2) Project acronym: EU-InnovatE Project full title: Sustainable Lifestyles 2.0: End User Integration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship