Recently, the Chinese Technology has issued more within the national key Ministry of Science and than 40 key special projects research and development program. In the 2017 Annual Project Application Guidelines, a tota...Recently, the Chinese Technology has issued more within the national key Ministry of Science and than 40 key special projects research and development program. In the 2017 Annual Project Application Guidelines, a total of seven key projects related to geological sciences are planned, with overall funding of 3.52 billion yuan, with the timespan generally of five years. They are introduced as follows：展开更多
Background:Local,state,and federal governments have started exploring the potential of crowdfunding in transforming conventional financing methods used previously to fund public projects and services.While crowdfundin...Background:Local,state,and federal governments have started exploring the potential of crowdfunding in transforming conventional financing methods used previously to fund public projects and services.While crowdfunding has been applied to improve government financing methods in recent years,little is known about how this new model can be extended and applied in international collaboration among governmentincentivized projects.Methods:In this paper,we explores what roles crowdfunding can play as a financial intermediary to support government-incentivized multinational projects in the context of the One-Belt,One-Road initiative.Results:We conjecture that crowdfunding can offer an efficient mechanism to improve participatory budgeting and facilitate private-public collaboration while providing a high level of transparency in the budget decision process.Conclusions:The paper also discusses research issues and challenges,including features of the crowdfunding platforms that can affect the adoption and use of the crowdfunding platforms in multinational initiatives.展开更多
文摘Recently, the Chinese Technology has issued more within the national key Ministry of Science and than 40 key special projects research and development program. In the 2017 Annual Project Application Guidelines, a total of seven key projects related to geological sciences are planned, with overall funding of 3.52 billion yuan, with the timespan generally of five years. They are introduced as follows：
文摘Background:Local,state,and federal governments have started exploring the potential of crowdfunding in transforming conventional financing methods used previously to fund public projects and services.While crowdfunding has been applied to improve government financing methods in recent years,little is known about how this new model can be extended and applied in international collaboration among governmentincentivized projects.Methods:In this paper,we explores what roles crowdfunding can play as a financial intermediary to support government-incentivized multinational projects in the context of the One-Belt,One-Road initiative.Results:We conjecture that crowdfunding can offer an efficient mechanism to improve participatory budgeting and facilitate private-public collaboration while providing a high level of transparency in the budget decision process.Conclusions:The paper also discusses research issues and challenges,including features of the crowdfunding platforms that can affect the adoption and use of the crowdfunding platforms in multinational initiatives.
