Purpose: This study adopts self-determination theory and stimulus-organism-response framework to develop a model that explores the motivations of such donors by considering their self-determination needs and extrinsic and intrinsic motivations.Design/methodology/approach: Based on online survey data collected from 436 crowdfunding donors in China, this study follows a structural equation modeling analysis to test hypotheses.Findings: The results indicate that perceived ease of use, perceived self-efficacy and social connection have positive effects on the donation intentions of backers through a combination of extrinsic and intrinsic motivations.Originality/value: The findings shed light on various extrinsic and intrinsic motivations advancing knowledge of individual fund motivation in donation-based crowdfunding and provide guidelines for the development of donation-based crowdfunding theory and practice.

In recent years, research on green consumption has grown at an exponential rate. Because this field of study has seen such rapid growth, research hotspots have been constantly changing, making it difficult for scholars to keep track of the most current hotspots and trends related to the topic of green consumption. In this study, we employed Citespace, COOC1.9, and SPSS 20 to map knowledge in the field of green consumption and to identify current research preferences, cooperative networks among countries and institutions, and collaborative networks among authors. A total of 2194 papers from the period of 2016–2022, sourced from the Web of Science, were collected as our data sample. The results show that the topic of green consumption has caught the attention of researchers around the world, particularly in some countries with high levels of economic development, for instance, in China, USA, and England. In addition, although there are numerous scholars who have focused on the study of green consumption, currently, there are few efficient and productive authors. Collaborative networks among authors, and cooperative networks among institutions and countries, are all still immature and need to be further strengthened. A principal component analysis (PCA) showed that the existing literature focuses on the following three topics: (1) consumer green behavior, (2) corporate green production, and (3) green marketing in social media. In addition, we conducted a multidimensional scaling (MDS) analysis to verify our results. Finally, we offer some suggestions intended to inform and enrich the field for future researchers.

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Under the new normal of economy, the relationship between economic benefits and company’s environmental behavior (green behavior) has long been the focus of scholars’ research, but less attention has been paid to the effect of financial performance on company’s green behavior in China as a developing country. Thus, by adopting a mixed methodology, we conduct a quantitative study by selecting 228 companies as samples with good and poor green behavior for comparative analysis, followed by a qualitative study of 20 specific cases, to analyse the complex relationship mechanism of how financial performance in terms of business solvency, profitability, and development ability affect company’s green behavior. The results indicate that business solvency, profitability, and development ability are strongly associated with company’s green behavior, respectively. This study contributes to the green behavior literature.