Crowdsourcing in Product Development: Current Status and Future Research Directions

Forbes, H and Schaefer, D ORCID: 0000-0002-5695-9312 (2018) Crowdsourcing in Product Development: Current Status and Future Research Directions. In: International Design Conference - DESIGN 2018, 2018-5-21 - 2018-5-24, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0161

Abstract

The term crowdsourcing has been identified as a valuable paradigm in the open design movement. Despite its proven value, research focusing specifically on crowdsourcing in product development has been stagnating, with the general tone in this sector having moved from optimism to skepticism. In this paper, the authors present a literature analysis that reveals four hurdles limiting industry adoption. The authors are then able to suggest future research avenues that they anticipate will encourage adoption of crowdsourcing in professional product design and development settings in industry.

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Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2019 11:34
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:57
DOI:	10.21278/idc.2018.0161
Open Access URL:	http://doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0161
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3034242