{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/121249"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/121249","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Decision-making on online crowdsourced platforms: From investment to charity using a multi-method approach","abstract":"Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01","abstract_html":"Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Basu, Saunak"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"Ph.D.","degree_level":"Dissertation","degree_discipline":"Business Administration","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Subramanyam, Ramanath","Seshadri, Sridhar","Han, Wencui","Garimella, Aravinda"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2023,"date_issued":"2023-08","date_published":"2023-08","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:24:57Z","subjects":["Crowdfunding","Ico","Augmented System","Healthcare","Philanthropy","Ai-human","Online Platforms","Decision-making"],"languages":["en","eng"],"rights":["Copyright 2023, Saunak Basu."],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121249","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Subramanyam, Ramanath","Seshadri, Sridhar","Han, Wencui","Garimella, Aravinda"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Basu, Saunak"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2023-08","2023-07-12"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Business Administration"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Dissertation"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Ph.D."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Crowdfunding","Ico","Augmented System","Healthcare","Philanthropy","Ai-human","Online Platforms","Decision-making"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en","eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Copyright 2023, Saunak Basu."]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121249"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01","The student, Saunak Basu, accepted the attached license on 2023-07-11 at 04:44.","The student, Saunak Basu, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-07-11 at 04:57.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-07-12 at 13:42.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19616 on 2023-12-04 at 17:33:09","This thesis aims to understand a few key drivers that influence decision-making by users on crowdsourced platforms, specifically looking into two key categories. The first is initial coin offering investment rating and evaluation platforms, which are marked with high uncertainty. The second is charitable micro donation platforms, covering healthcare needs in developing nations. These two platform types mark the top concerns for users, investors as well as platform owners in recent times and through a multi-method approach, we aim to provide novel explanations on 1) if and how emotions from patients’ images affect donation decision, 2) how chances of survival of a patient influences donation success, 3) how artificial intelligence influence the assessments of human experts in evaluating ICO projects, 4) how the perceptions of AI’s ability and outcome likelihood affect the influence of AI assessments on human experts’ decisions, and 5) what are the key drivers to success and decision-making in ICO based on past research review."]},{"key":"dc:format","label":"Dc Format","values":["application/pdf"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Decision-making on online crowdsourced platforms: From investment to charity using a multi-method approach"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Subramanyam, Ramanath","Seshadri, Sridhar","Han, Wencui","Garimella, Aravinda"],"dc:creator":["Basu, Saunak"],"dc:date":["2023-08","2023-07-12"],"dc:description":["Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01","The student, Saunak Basu, accepted the attached license on 2023-07-11 at 04:44.","The student, Saunak Basu, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-07-11 at 04:57.","This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-07-12 at 13:42.","DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19616 on 2023-12-04 at 17:33:09","This thesis aims to understand a few key drivers that influence decision-making by users on crowdsourced platforms, specifically looking into two key categories. The first is initial coin offering investment rating and evaluation platforms, which are marked with high uncertainty. The second is charitable micro donation platforms, covering healthcare needs in developing nations. These two platform types mark the top concerns for users, investors as well as platform owners in recent times and through a multi-method approach, we aim to provide novel explanations on 1) if and how emotions from patients’ images affect donation decision, 2) how chances of survival of a patient influences donation success, 3) how artificial intelligence influence the assessments of human experts in evaluating ICO projects, 4) how the perceptions of AI’s ability and outcome likelihood affect the influence of AI assessments on human experts’ decisions, and 5) what are the key drivers to success and decision-making in ICO based on past research review."],"dc:format":["application/pdf"],"dc:identifier":["https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121249"],"dc:language":["en","eng"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 2023, Saunak Basu."],"dc:subject":["Crowdfunding","Ico","Augmented System","Healthcare","Philanthropy","Ai-human","Online Platforms","Decision-making"],"dc:title":["Decision-making on online crowdsourced platforms: From investment to charity using a multi-method approach"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Business Administration"],"thesis:degree_level":["Dissertation"],"thesis:degree_name":["Ph.D."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:24:57Z"}