Innovation Contests: Systematization of the Field and Future Research

Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking: Measurements, Analysis, and Investigations

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-12

  Bullinger, Angelika ^a   Moeslein, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DESIGN ELEMENTS; INNOVATIVE PRODUCT; LEAD USER METHODS; ON-LINE TOOLS; ONLINE INNOVATIONS; OPEN INNOVATION;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 84944188642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4022-1.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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