Predicting new product success with prediction markets in online communities

R and D Management

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 420-432

  Matzler, Kurt ^a   Grabher, Christopher ^a   Huber, Jürgen ^a   Füller, Johann ^a,b  

^a INNSBRUCK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Austria)

^b HYVE AG   (Germany)

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EID: 84886308668     PISSN: 00336807     EISSN: 14679310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12030     Document Type: Article

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