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Prediction Markets as an Example of Crowdsourcing
Grela, Michal - In: Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici, Ekonomia 45 (2014) 2, pp. 205-217
The aim of of this article is present the idea of crowdsourcing by defining this phenomenon and to provide basic … typology of crowdsourcing. In the next step, the author presents in detail the prediction markets, which are a practical … example of the implementation of the idea of crowdsourcing. The article is descriptive and systematizing knowledge of the …
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Incentives and Problem Uncertainty in Innovation Contests: An Empirical Analysis
Boudreau, Kevin J.; Lacetera, Nicola; Lakhani, Karim R. - In: Management Science 57 (2011) 5, pp. 843-863
Contests are a historically important and increasingly popular mechanism for encouraging innovation. A central concern in designing innovation contests is how many competitors to admit. Using a unique data set of 9,661 software contests, we provide evidence of two coexisting and opposing forces...
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Rent Protection as a Barrier to Innovation and Growth
Dinopoulos, Elias; Syropoulos, Constantinos - In: Economic Theory 32 (2007) 2, pp. 309-332
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ACCELERATING HIGH INVOLVEMENT: THE ROLE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN ENABLING EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION IN INNOVATION
EL-ELLA, NAGWAN ABU; STOETZEL, MARTIN; BESSANT, JOHN; … - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 17 (2013) 06, pp. 1340020-1
The experience of implementing employee involvement in innovation can be viewed as a bounded opportunity. Whilst long-term strategic benefits could flow from organising participation across the workforce, creating structures that sustain such a culture is highly complex. In effect the...
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No relief in sight for the U.S. economy
Runkle, David E. - In: Quarterly Review (1992) Fall, pp. 13-20
For at least the next two years, the U.S. economy will grow more slowly than it has on average since World War II. This is the forecast of a Bayesian vector autoregression model developed and used by researchers at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank. The model's previous forecast—of a very...
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The Beige Book: Timely information on the regional economy
Ginther, Donna K.; Zavodny, Madeline - In: Economic Review (2001) Q3, pp. 19-29
In making monetary policy, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) relies in part on the Beige Book, a report on regional economic conditions released publicly about two weeks before each FOMC meeting. The Beige Book summarizes economic conditions in each of the twelve Federal Reserve districts...
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National outlook
Rosenbaum, Mary S. - In: Economic Review (1986) Nov, pp. 11-14
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Overview. The Southeast in 1986
Kahley, William J.; Rosenbaum, Mary S. - In: Economic Review (1986) Feb, pp. 4-12
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Is the U.S. economy really growing too slowly?
Nakamura, Leonard - In: Business Review (1997) Mar, pp. 3-14
Has American economic progress slowed dramatically—or even stopped? Or are the statistics wrong: has the U.S. economy been experiencing strong growth, but our official measures fail to reflect it? In this article, Leonard Nakamura explores how economic progress is measured and discusses some...
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The determinants of success in the new financial services environment: now that firms can do everything, what should they do and why should regulators care?
Santomero, Anthony M.; Eckles, David L. - In: Economic Policy Review (2000) Oct, pp. 11-23
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