Assistant Professor @ University of Alberta School of Business. https://www.paramchhabra.com/ Working Paper - with Manpreet Hora and Karthik Ramchandran. We investigate the effect of a creator’s decisions on the reward structure design parameters of a reward-based crowdfunding campaign. In our study using data from a reward-based crowdfunding platform, we find that funding success of a reward-based campaign improves with more rewards choices but... Wed, 04 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.paramchhabra.com/2023-10-04-crowdfunding/ https://www.paramchhabra.com/2023-10-04-crowdfunding/ Working Paper - with Manpreet Hora and Karthik Ramchandran. The patent examination process that evaluates inventions against three fundamental criteria - novelty, usefulness, and non-obviousness often result in longer pendency of patents before grant. Longer patent pendency could result in delays in the launch of new products, reduce the operating performance and market... Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.paramchhabra.com/2023-09-25-delay/ https://www.paramchhabra.com/2023-09-25-delay/ Work-in-Progress Project - For efficient matching between a campaign and backers, platforms scrutinize campaigns before their launch to verify the claims and ensure high quality of the online campaigns. With the increase in workload due to the increase in the popularity of reward-based crowdfunding, reward-based crowdfunding platforms try to manage a tradeoff between... Tue, 20 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.paramchhabra.com/2022-09-20-platform/ https://www.paramchhabra.com/2022-09-20-platform/