The crowdfunding as a new entrepreneurial finance model for small and medium-sized enterprises in Algeria

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This paper aims to study the crowdfunding as an alternative entrepreneurial finance model and to analyze its impacts on project holders and entrepreneurs, by shedding light on current challenges and prospects of this mechanism on Algerian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

The results of this study revealed that entrepreneurship in Algeria is a fertile field and crowdfunding will be a reliable alternative approach for fundraising and economic development of SMEs by fulfilling certain conditions.