Enterprise Information Systems ( IF 4.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-15 , DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2020.1734239 Wenqing Wu, Xuan Huang, Chia-Huei Wu, Sang-Bing Tsai
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of technological boundary-spanning search and crowdfunding interaction on crowdfunding innovation performance. The study investigated technology-oriented innovative crowdfunding projects on three major Chinese crowdfunding platforms. A hierarchical regression analysis is applied to explore the model’s hypotheses. The results show that crowdfunding interaction breadth and interaction depth both partially mediate the relationship between technological boundary-spanning search and crowdfunding innovation performance. The findings also demonstrate that knowledge sharing moderates the path from technological boundary-spanning search to crowdfunding interaction depth and the path from crowdfunding interaction depth to crowdfunding innovation performance.