The last decade we’ve seen a massive surge in both open innovation activity and open innovation scholarship. While open innovation can take many forms, some of the most compelling can be found at the intersection of open innovation and crowdsourcing. Here is a list of innovation crowdsourcing sites collected by the TOTO project at University College Cork. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Crowdfunding: Patronage Sites
In “patronage” sites, crowds fund individuals, organizations, projects and endeavors either through charitable donation or in exchange for a token rewards such as pre-sales or perks (rather than for equity ownership or repayment of funds with intererest). Here is a list of patronage crowdfunding sites collected by the TOTO project at University College Cork. Continue reading
Crowdfunding: Equity-based Sites
Crowd equity investment is an interesting and under-researched area in the crowdfunding domain. Here is a list of equity-based crowdfunding sites collected by the TOTO project at University College Cork. Continue reading
Crowdfunding: P2P Lending Sites
An interesting academic literature is emerging around the phenomenon of crowdfunding, much of it focused on the particular mechanism of P2P lending. Here is a list of crowd-lending sites collected by the TOTO project at University College Cork. Continue reading
ECIS 2014 Track – Openness and IT
Openness and IT was a track of the European Conference for Information Systems (ECIS) 2014 in Tel Aviv, IS, June 9-11, 2014, chaired by Kieran Conboy (University of New South Wales, Australia), Lorraine Morgan (Lero, National University of Ireland, Galway) and Daniel Schlagwein (University of New South Wales, Australia).
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