Technological boundary-spanning search, crowdfunding interaction and crowdfunding innovation performance: a mediated moderation model of knowledge sharing

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.