How Ants Build Pyramids

The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-658-27438-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 167 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 251 g

Reihe: Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung / Markets and Organisations

Karl R. Rabes explores the performance impact of differing task designs in crowdsourcing, especially micro-task markets. Based on several exploratory literature reviews, the manuscript applies the task-technology fit theory and numerous quasi-experiments to show which tasks can be successfully outsourced to the crowd. It is revealed how a tasks design has an influence on solution quality taking into account respective task-, technology- and individual characteristics, and clearly delineates the differences in objective quality and subjective fit evaluations within and between task designs for micro-task markets.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabes, Karl R.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Crowdsourcing, collective intelligence and open innovation.- Micro-Task Markets, motivation, quality and challenges.- Task/Technology Fit Theory.- Task design, task types and task formulation complexity.

Über Autor(innen)

Karl R. Rabes is a founder and project manager at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He received his PhD in economic sciences from Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein at the Department of Information Systems, Chair of Information Systems 1 – Innovation & Value Creation. As a consultant he supported several major German and international companies in the planning, execution and controlling of R&D projects.