Within the crowdsourcing, the crowdfunding model is getting a lot of attention from the media in general. Due to the economic crisis and due to the difficulty in obtaining credit, crowdfunding appears as a suitable method for financing. But what exactly is crowdfunding? What kind of projects can be launched? What kind of rewards can be offered? We begin here a series of posts about crowdfunding, to study it in depth.
Tag: typology
Types of crowdsourcing initiatives
In the current literature there are different typologies of crowdsourcing initiatives based on different criteria. Howe, Brabham and others propose their own. In this post I discuss the integrated typology I have developed and published with my PhD supervisor.