# Resource Dependence
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**Parent**: https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/leadership-and-behavioral-decision-making
SU, Lei
[SENGUPTA, Jaideep](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/sengupta-jaideep)
LI, Yiwei
CHEN, Fangyuan
[The Difference Between ‘Wants’ and ‘Needs’ in Fundraising Appeals](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2025/05/difference-between-wants-and-needs-fundraising-appeals)
[Fundraising](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/fundraising)
[Resource Dependence](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/resource-dependence)
[Marketing](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/marketing)
Is a “want” superior to a “need” when requesting financial help? Shedding light on this topic, HKUST’s Jaideep Sengupta and colleagues offer insights into the persuasive power of language in crowdfunding appeals. Their study has important practical implications for fundraisers, marketers, and policymakers alike. Although the terms “want” and “need” are both
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[Read More](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2025/05/difference-between-wants-and-needs-fundraising-appeals)
[ [BizBites](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/bizbites "BizBites") ]
[Watch Video](https://video.ust.hk/watch?video=BC127CDDF41FA6D8&embed=Y)
[Read Full Paper](https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article/50/5/923/7160149)
SU, Lei
[SENGUPTA, Jaideep](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/sengupta-jaideep)
LI, Yiwei
CHEN, Fangyuan
[The Difference Between ‘Wants’ and ‘Needs’ in Fundraising Appeals](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2025/02/difference-between-wants-and-needs-fundraising-appeals)
[Fundraising](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/fundraising)
[Resource Dependence](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/resource-dependence)
[Marketing](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/marketing)
Is a “want” superior to a “need” when requesting financial help? Shedding light on this topic, HKUST’s Jaideep Sengupta and colleagues offer insights into the persuasive power of language in crowdfunding appeals. Their study has important practical implications for fundraisers, marketers, and policymakers alike. Although the terms “want” and “need” are both
...
[Read More](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2025/02/difference-between-wants-and-needs-fundraising-appeals)
[ [BizStudies](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/bizstudies "BizStudies") ]
[ [Leadership and Behavioral Decision-making](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/leadership-and-behavioral-decision-making "Leadership and Behavioral Decision-making") ]
[Read Full Paper](https://academic.oup.com/jcr/article/50/5/923/7160149)
[ZHENG, Yanfeng](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/faculty/zheng-yanfeng)
XIA, Jun
[More Risk, Less Reward: Venture Capital Investment in China](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2022/02/more-risk-less-reward-venture-capital-investment-china)
[Venture Capital](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/venture-capital)
[Investment Decision](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/investment-decision)
[Resource Dependence](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/resource-dependence)
[Social Network](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/social-network)
Chinese venture capital (VC) firms suffer from imperfect information and poor legal protections when deciding whether to continue to invest in a company or cut it loose, according to HKUST researcher Yanfeng Zheng and a colleague. Analysing more than a decade’s worth of deals, the authors established that Chinese VCs are more likely to terminate investments
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[Read More](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2022/02/more-risk-less-reward-venture-capital-investment-china)
[ [BizStudies](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/bizstudies "BizStudies") ]
[Read Full Paper](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/joms.12255)
GARG, Sam
[Corporate Governance: CEO-Board Relationship and Director Valuations](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2020/04/corporate-governance-ceo-board-relationship-and-director-valuations)
[Venture CEO](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/venture-ceo)
[Boardroom](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/boardroom)
[Resource Dependence](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/resource-dependence)
[Corporate Governance](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/corporate-governance)
[Interdisciplinary Seminar](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/tag/interdisciplinary-seminar)
We examine how venture CEOs effectively engage their boards in the strategy-making process. Using the inductive multiple-case study approach, we track CEO–board interactions inside and outside the boardroom in depth and over time through rare observations of board meetings and rich interview access to CEOs and their boards of directors. Our primary
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[Read More](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/2020/04/corporate-governance-ceo-board-relationship-and-director-valuations)
[ [BizTalks](https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/bizinsight/biztalks "BizTalks") ]
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[Read Full Paper](https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2014.0599)