1、3700 英文单词, 2.2 万英文字符 ,中文 6400 字 文献出处: Palacios M, Martinez-Corral A, Nisar A, et al. Crowdsourcing and organizational forms: Emerging trends and research implicationsJ. Journal of Business Research, 2016, 69(5): 1834-1839. Crowdsourcing and organizational forms: Emerging trends and research implicat
2、ions Miguel Palacios, Alberto Martinez-Corral, Arsalan Nisar, Mercedes Grijalvo Abstract Finding new sources for ideas and solutions is central to the innovation process. Organizations are increasing the use of crowd and crowd-based platforms to nd novel solutions, raise capital, develop new product
3、s, pursue collaborative ventures, and develop outcome-based services. Researchers are using crowdsourcing to describe this breadth and depth of organizational level engagement with the crowd for explaining search behavior for innovative action. Despite crowdsourcings potential, most of the research
4、on crowdsourcing focuses around the end functionality of crowdsourcing in the innovation process (e.g., end-product development, continuous feedback, and collaborative ventures). What is missing from the current research is a certain level of inquiry into the theoretical foundations and their implic
5、ations for subjects like organizational forms and institutional logic that are central for crowd-level engagement. Against this background, this study identies emerging re- search themes within crowdsourcing, and maps out the future research lines. Keywords: Open innovation; Crowdfunding; Organizati
6、onal forms; Collaborative initiatives; Problem solving 1. Introduction Organizations are increasingly using crowd for idea generation, nding novel solutions and nancing new projects to maintain innovative action. As a result, the academic discourse on crowdsourcing is on the rise (Afuah & Tucci, 2012; Boudreau & Lakhani, 2013; Jeppesen & Lakhani, 2010; Lehner, 2013); further enhanced due to some anecdotal evidence of various organizations like Mosaic Inc., Nestle, P&G, Wikipedia, Thread