Parallel Innovation Contests
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چکیده
Crowdsourcing using innovation contests has become a popular tool to source innovative solutions various problems organizations face. With several that run in parallel, two key questions are how the number of affects contest outcomes and whether solvers who can compete these should focus their effort on small group contests. A recent study by Ersin Körpeo?lu, C. Gizem Korpeoglu, ?sa Emin Hafal?r titled “Parallel Innovation Contests” addresses questions. The shows running up certain parallel benefit overall outcome Interestingly, more be if seek disruptive rather than incremental innovation. also encouraging work multiple improve when These findings help guide crowdsourcing platforms organize parallel.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Operations Research
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1526-5463', '0030-364X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2021.2250