On Thursday, November 29th, FUNCAS organizes a public presentation of number 157 of its journal Papeles de Economia Española. This special issue entitled “Economic Analysis of the Digital Revolution” and associated digital e-book features a study of the current state of the academic literature on crowdfunding by Car3fin member Pablo Ruíz Verdú and Carlos Bellón (“Crowdfundig, what do we know?”).
The act will take place on FUNCAS Salón de Actos, at Edificio Foro, planta baja on Caballero de Gracia, 28 at 17:20.
Pablo Ruíz Verdú, amongst other contributors, will deliver a short presentation and a round table on the challenges of the [&hellip

On September 21st, jointly with the INDEM Institute, we host a Workshop on Early financing and Entrepreneurship in the Getafe campus of UC3M. The Workshop will include presentations by outstanding academics (Melissa Cardon, Ethan Mollick and Armin Schwienbacher) on the topic of crowdfunding and a final roundtable. For more information can to attend the workshop go to http://www.car3fin.es/earlyfinwork

Is crowd funding the best way to promote innovation? Clearly, there is something appealing about a start-up-based innovation strategy: it feels democratic, accessible, and so California. But it is definitely not the only way to boost research and development, or even the main way, and it is certainly not the way most major innovations in the US came about during the twentieth century. More information through this link   &nbsp

Democratising finance: The digital wealth management revolution Juergen Braunstein, Marion Laboure 11 November 2017 Despite specialised press coverage, little is known about the potential wider socioeconomic implications of digital wealth management solutions. This column examines how ‘robo-advisors’ offer an opportunity to democratise finance and decrease wealth inequality. These algorithmic investment advisors stand to disrupt the wealth management sector through their ‘low-cost, accessible to most’ business models. However, the entrance of traditional wealth managers into the robo-advisor market could threaten this disruption. http://voxeu.org/article/digital-wealth-management-revolution