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Factors Influencing the Decision to Crowdsource

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Collaboration and Technology (CRIWG 2013)

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In order to integrate a crowdsourcing strategy to an organization’s business processes, managers need to decide whether or not crowdsourcing is suitable for the organizational context. This study conducted a structured literature review to identify factors related to this decision. These identified factors have been synthesized into a framework for supporting the decision to crowdsource. Based on this framework, recommendations for managers, which were summarized in the decision tables, have been proposed.

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Thuan, N.H., Antunes, P., Johnstone, D. (2013). Factors Influencing the Decision to Crowdsource. In: Antunes, P., Gerosa, M.A., Sylvester, A., Vassileva, J., de Vreede, GJ. (eds) Collaboration and Technology. CRIWG 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8224. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41347-6_9

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