Crowd science: The organization of scientific research in open collaborative projects

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Franzoni, Chiara ^a   Sauermann, Henry ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Community based production; Crowd science; Crowdsourcing; Funding; Open innovation; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CITIZEN SCIENCE; COMMUNITY-BASED; CROWD SCIENCE; CROWDSOURCING; FUNDING; OPEN INNOVATION;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84889887317     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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