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document Crowd Creativity, Distributed KnowledgeFrom a full read of this article at it's source you will find a good set of questions regarding the present and future of peer production.
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From a full read of this article at it's source you will find a good set of questions regarding the present and future of peer production.
The article differentiates between corporate and civil peer production provide examples that contrast the alternatives.
The article provides three great examples of crowdsourcing in product design: Fiat, Brazil’s most popular automotive brand called upon the powers of crowd-sourcing to build a new car under the...
In this report, Mutopo explores data from a sample of almost one hundred creative challenges from organizations like Disney, Mini, Samsung, GE, Amazon, the City of New York as well as a number of...
Launched this week, first direct Lab is a crowdsourcing platform that will be updated with content every month including product designs, service innovations and website concepts. Users are able...
The study, called "Closing the Gap: How Companies Achieve Smarter New Product Development and Make Better Decisions with Technology" executives say that gains in their business will...
Dutch-based company, Buitengewone Varkens, accepts investments in its herd of pigs in exchange for pork products over the next three years. Interested consumers begin by investing EUR 100 in...
Clearly defining and communicating the ways that social concepts and technologies can be used to enhance product development and innovation processes can help open minds. It’s the concepts behind...
Quirky then seems to be the yin to MakerBot's yang. The community participates just as passionately as the Thingiverse crowd, and the output, with Quirky's help, is good enough to...
Open Label is an effort that aims to crowdsource product information, allowing consumers and organizations to keep each other informed about products of virtually every kind.
Sourcemap.com is the open directory of supply chains and environmental footprints. Consumers use the site to learn about where products come from, what they?re made of, and how they impact people...
While innovative in combing product reviews in a social networking style, Open Label is part of a larger trend of crowdsourced product information that has long been popular on the internet, with...
Groupon has offered no further comment except to note, “We’re excited to have him.” Groupon, like Zynga relatively new to the public markets, has a tall order ahead of it to drive more revenues as...
Apple owners in need of help can now tap into community support sections at the company's product pages. Launched a few days ago, the new sections are set up like standard Q&A forums...
“Today’s revolution is crowdsourced, for it provides people the power to come together to collaborate, share their talents and mobilize around ideas. This is what ignites social change,” Rob...
In a move towards open innovation and collaboration with their consumers, PetEdge will license the first product, called "The Speed Bather", from Genius Crowds. PetEdge is the first...
Today’s launch follows a six-month testing phase during which Poptent Productions has successfully engaged many of the world’s best-known brands, including Dell, Intel, Jaguar and General Mills....
In an era where people are comfortable voicing their opinions, online, about products and services, companies can determine customer needs by strategically collecting and integrating customers’...
A crowdsourced review of the mapping can have these similar products mapped in a similar way. If retailers understand the business of crowdsourcing and offer clear instructions and fair pay, they...
In a statement provided to TNW, CircleUp called the new proposed rules “welcome,” noting that in its view, “equity based crowdfunding is poised to move mainstream” if they are approved. If...