How do platforms that host crowdsourcing contests make money? Platforms capture value by taking a cut out of a firm's budget. In particular, I am interested in the role of the fixed fee. Is it better to have a fixed fee and a budget-dependent fee or both? This is also called two-part tariff pricing and … Continue reading Pricing models for Crowdsourcing Platforms
A definition of “Innovation Contest” and how to offer the right prizes
A definition of what an innovation is.
[Book] Good Work If You Can Get It – How to Succeed in Academia
Link: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Work-You-Can-Get/dp/1421437961 What does it really take to succeed in academia? Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80,000 students will begin pursuing a PhD this year alone. But while almost all of new PhD students say they want to work in academia, most are destined for disappointment. … Continue reading [Book] Good Work If You Can Get It – How to Succeed in Academia
Linear Programming – book
With its focus on solving practical problems, the book features free C and Python programs to implement the major algorithms covered, including the two-phase simplex method, the primal-dual simplex method, the path-following interior-point method, and and the homogeneous self-dual method. In addition, the author provides online tools that illustrate various pivot rules and variants of … Continue reading Linear Programming – book
Crowd-based contact centers like LiveOps
Here are some top vendors in the cloud-based contact center market: Interactive Intelligence Group Inc CiscoSystems Inc Five Inc Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc Oracle Corporation X Inc Incontact Inc 3clogic Inc ConnectFirst Inc Aspect Software Mitel Networks Corporation Liveops Social
