The Difficulties involved in Developing Business Models open to Innovation Communities: the Case of a Crowdsourcing Platform

Valérie Chanal, Marie-Laurence Caron-Fasan · 2010 · M n gement

Summary. Firms using crowdsourcing platforms to capture external innovation face significant strategic challenges. This study of CrowdSpirit, a collaborative product design platform, reveals that companies must develop multi-level incentive systems for diverse contributors, manage knowledge and intellectual property transfers across multiple stakeholders, and treat business model design as continuous learning rather than fixed strategy.

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Chanal, V., & Caron-Fasan, M.. (2010). The Difficulties involved in Developing Business Models open to Innovation Communities: the Case of a Crowdsourcing Platform. M n gement. https://doi.org/10.3917/mana.134.0318

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DOI: 10.3917/mana.134.0318
Countries: France
Regions: Europe
Categories: entrepreneurship, innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28