Decision making in a Web 2.0 environment: Crowdsourcing lessons for organizations

Journal of Decision Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 309-324

  Rosen, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Decision Making; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

CROWDSOURCING; DISASTERS;

BUSINESS MODELS; BUSINESS PROBLEMS; IDEA GENERATION; INTERNET USERS; MULLINS; NATURAL DISASTERS; ON CURRENTS; WEB 2.0;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80955164509     PISSN: 12460125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3166/jds.20.309-324     Document Type: Article

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