Rewarding in open innovation communities - How to motivate members

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 440-456

  Antikainen, Maria J ^a   Väätäjä, Heli K ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Intangible; Intermediaries; Monetary; Motivation; Non monetary; Online communities; Open innovation; Recognition; Rewarding; Tangible

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949861640     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2010.032267     Document Type: Article

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