Crowdsourcing intermediaries and problem typologies: An explorative study

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Colombo, Gabriele ^a   Buganza, Tommaso ^a   Klanner, Ilse Maria ^b   Roiser, Susanne ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

crowdsourcing; Open Innovation; problem typologies; web based intermediaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877735506     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919613500059     Document Type: Article

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