Crowdsourcing based business models: In search of evidence for innovation 2.0

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 318-332

  Marjanovic, Sonja ^a   Fry, Caroline ^a   Chataway, Joanna ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Models; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; MODELING; OUTSOURCING; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84871493163     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scs009     Document Type: Article

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