Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business

Howe, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0307396207 / ISBN 13: 9780307396204

Published by Crown Business, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business
• Publisher: Crown Business
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307396207
• ISBN 13: 9780307396204
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

An in-depth analysis of the rapidly growing phenomenon of crowdsourcing reflects on the dramatic economic, cultural, business, and political implications of applying the open-source idea to a variety of fields outside of software development and addresses the unique opportunities and problems of this expanding trend. 80,000 first printing.

About the Authors

JEFF HOWE is a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he covers the entertainment industry among other subjects. Before coming to Wired he was a senior editor at Inside.com and a writer at the Village Voice. In his fifteen years as a journalist, he has traveled around the world working on stories ranging from the impending water crisis in Central Asia to the implications of gene patenting. He has also written for U.S. News & World Report, Time magazine, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, and numerous other publications. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and children.

Jeff Howe is a contributing editor at Wired magazine, where he covers the entertainment industry among other subjects.