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openPlanB provocateur-in-chief Michael Kreil’s looking into launching a crowdsourcing effort whereby people would keep the database up-to-date by simply checking their local timetables....
Open innovation has found its way into companies’ innovation processes and is a widely used approach to spur collaborative innovation with consumers. A multitude of methods and tools have come into...
UnserAller aims to bring companies and consumers together for the creation of better products. With a focus on consumer goods such as food items and toiletries, UnserAller makes it easy for any...
By means of a variety of studies, researchers shows that the difference between the OSM street network for car navigation in Germany and a comparable proprietary dataset was only 9% in June 2011....
“The launch of 99designs.de marks a major milestone in our company’s continued focus on international expansion through localization,” said 99designs President and CEO Patrick Llewellyn....
After purchasing Berlin-based 12designer and launching its first non-English site in Germany, 99designs, a startup which lets businesses crowdsource ther designs, has announced the launch of a...
While the previous two methods (part 1: http://www.innovationmanagement.se/2012/12/04/how-companies-tap-the-potential-of-innovative-users-four-examples-from-germany/) – Netnography and Social Media...
The First World War archive is based on an initiative at the University of Oxford where people across Britain were asked to bring family letters, photographs and keepsakes from the War to be...
We have seen a few examples of where crowdsourcing can lead to unpredictable outcomes or maybe an outcome that the crowd wants but where the minority knows better. This time we have the German's to thank for helping us raise a smile! If you want the crowd to be really creative and you are giving them free reign to use their imagination, you’d better be prepared for what they throw at you. This example might make you reconsider... Pril, a premium diswashing detergent by Germany based consumer brand giant Henkel is currently running a design contest asking consumers to relaunch the package design for a limitied edition campaign. Following a typical formulae, the 'My Pril’ platform allows users to submit their own layout and vote for the best design from the range of contributions.
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Global crowdsourcing conference features the industry’s top leaders and experts.The Crowdconvention program features a number of top experts in the crowdsourcing space, including Jeff Howe,...
In the Anglo-American world, crowdfunding is already established as an alternative form of fundraising. Yet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, crowdfunding is also increasing its volume. A dozen crowdfunding platforms have been launched to cater to the needs of the German-speaking creative industry and technology start-ups. A survey created by Berlin-based ikosom, the Institute of Communication in Social Media, shows that crowdfunding has left its infant shoes behind.
Every brand dreams of creating the next big social media sensation. McDonald's Germany successfully achieved that through its "My Burger" crowdsourcing campaign. An online burger...
Razorfish Germany came up with the "Make Your Own Burger" campaign to celebrate McDonald's 40th year of being "Germany's favorite restaurant." Razorfish Germany used...
The launch of Freelancer.de and Freelancer.com.es comes at a time of flux for European economies. In Germany, businesses are looking to Freelancer.com as a tool to modernise the way business is...
United Equity is a Crowdinvesting (equity Crowdfunding) marketplace from Cologne, Germany. We especially focus on German small and medium-sized enterprises.
Washington — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, after visiting the UK today for talks with British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will head tomorrow Europe to confer with finance and banking officials in France and Germany options for the design of the new EuroDollar currency which, following the approval of the European Parliament in Brussels last month will go into circulation from 1st January 2012. 
It is understood that Jean-Claude Trichet, the head of the European Central Bank and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble are in favor an international crowdsourcing competition to design the new EuroDollar symbol after the success of the crowdsourcing of the Indian Rupee in a competition announced on March 5, 2009 by the Indian government to create a symbol for the Rupee.
The Crowdconvention program features a number of top experts in the crowdsourcing space. Speakers include Jeff Howe, author of the bestselling “Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving...
The Crowdconvention program features a number of top experts in the crowdsourcing space. Speakers include Jeff Howe, author of the bestselling "Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is...
An important finding in the survey is that those who resorted to crowdfunding are generally satisfied and they would choose to do crowdfunding again just to accomplish their goals!
Just nine months after the first crowd convention in San Francisco, a second event took place June 15 for the first time on European soil. Organized by Clickworker, 150 guests gathered for a day to hear 24 speakers and to discuss the market opportunities for crowdsourcing projects in Germany.
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