New product development via crowdsourcing relies on individuals who provide creative
ideas to firms. Hence, researchers are interested in understanding the nature of individuals …

Internal crowdsourcing utilizes a firm's employees, of which many have a strong
understanding of the domains in which the firm operates, for contributing with, developing …

Improvements in communication and networking technologies have transformed people's
lives and organizations' activities. Web 2.0 innovation has provided a variety of hybridized …

It is increasingly common for organizations to rely on crowds to support their innovation
processes. This chapter extends understanding of how crowds can be involved in different …

Crowdsourcing initiatives benefit from tapping into diversity. A vast plethora of disparate
individuals, organizations, frameworks and skillsets can all play a role in sourcing solutions …

According to conventional wisdom on crowdsourcing, the number of people defines the
crowd and maximization of this number is often assumed to be the goal of any …

The existing literature offers conflicting advice regarding the types of task instructions that
increase the quality of ideas during idea generation. Our research examines three types of …

Lead users are the most valuable innovation sources in crowdsourcing design; how to
identify these users is a research hotspot in the field of design and management. Existing …

Crowdsourcing is gaining more and more popularity among the academic and industrial
community. Organizations are adopting this technological advent and increasingly …

Even though research has repeatedly shown that non-cash incentives can be effective, cash
incentives are the de facto standard in crowdsourcing contests. In this multi-study research …