Co-opetition in crowdsourcing: When simultaneous cooperation and competition deliver superior solutions

Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 271-291

  Afuah, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Co opetition; Collaboration based crowdsourcing; Cooperation and competition; Crowds; Problem solving; Tournament based crowdsourcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 85051617072     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198816225.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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