Leveraging crowdsourcing: Activation-supporting components for IT-based ideas competition

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-224

  Leimeister, Jan ^a   Huber, Michael ^b   Bretschneider, Ulrich ^a   Krcmar, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Crowdsourcing; ERP software; Ideas competition; Incentives; Motivation; Open innovation; Theory driven design

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION; CROWDSOURCING; ERP SOFTWARE; IDEAS COMPETITION; INCENTIVES; OPEN INNOVATION; THEORY-DRIVEN DESIGN;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOTIVATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 69249132921     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260108     Document Type: Article

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