TY - RPRT A1 - Behrendt, Gerlinde A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - Crowdfunding – Finanzierungsalternative und Marketinginstrument für eine nachhaltige Land- und Lebensmittelwirtschaft? N2 - Das vorliegende Arbeitspapier stellt Ergebnisse einer Fallstudie zu Crowdfunding in der ökologischen Land- und Lebensmittelwirtschaft vor. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Perspektive der Unternehmen. Vorgestellt werden die Motive der Unternehmen, ihre Beziehung zu Kapitalgeber*innen sowie Herausforderungen und Erfolgsfaktoren. T3 - Schriften zu den Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Land- und Lebensmittelwirtschaft - 2020/1 KW - Crowdfunding KW - Landwirtschaft KW - Lebensmittelwirtschaft KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - Schwarmfinanzierung KW - alternative Finanzierung Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-131 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behrendt, Gerlinde A1 - Peter, Sarah A1 - Sterly, Simone A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - Community financing for sustainable food and farming: a proximity perspective JF - Agriculture and Human Values N2 - An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the German organic agri-food sector involves citizens through different community financing models. While such models provide alternative funding sources as well as marketing opportunities to SMEs, they allow private investors to combine their financial and ethical concerns by directly supporting the development of a more sustainable food system. Due to the low level of financial intermediation, community financing is characterized by close relations between investors and investees. Against this background, we apply the proximity concept from economic geography to explore spatial and relational aspects of community financing in the German organic agri-food sector. Based on a qualitative multiple case study approach, we find that the relevance of proximity is twofold. While different forms of proximity between SMEs and their potential investors are key success factors, proximity is also considered as one desired outcome of community financing. Furthermore, our results reveal that the extent to which SMEs rely on particular proximity dimensions distinguishes two different approaches to community financing. KW - Proximity; Multiple case study; Crowdfunding; Cooperatives; Citizen shareholder corporations; Profit participation rights Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-4711 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 1063 EP - 1075 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behrendt, Gerlinde A1 - Peter, Sarah A1 - Sterly, Simone A1 - Häring, Anna Maria T1 - Community financing for sustainable food and farming: a proximity perspective JF - Agriculture and Human Values N2 - Abstract An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the German organic agri-food sector involves citizens through different community financing models. While such models provide alternative funding sources as well as marketing opportunities to SMEs, they allow private investors to combine their financial and ethical concerns by directly supporting the development of a more sustainable food system. Due to the low level of financial intermediation, community financing is characterized by close relations between investors and investees. Against this background, we apply the proximity concept from economic geography to explore spatial and relational aspects of community financing in the German organic agri-food sector. Based on a qualitative multiple case study approach, we find that the relevance of proximity is twofold. While different forms of proximity between SMEs and their potential investors are key success factors, proximity is also considered as one desired outcome of community financing. Furthermore, our results reveal that the extent to which SMEs rely on particular proximity dimensions distinguishes two different approaches to community financing. KW - - KW - Proximity KW - Multiple case study KW - Crowdfunding KW - Cooperatives KW - Citizen shareholder corporations KW - Profit participation rights KW - Studies in Human Society Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:eb1-opus-9191 SN - 0889-048X SN - 1572-8366 VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 1063 EP - 1075 PB - Springer Netherlands ER -