Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing Platforms: Governance Models that Ensure Quality and IP Protection

Abstract

Open innovation and crowdsourcing platforms have become pivotal in harnessing collective intelligence, accelerating innovation, and solving complex problems across industries. By inviting contributions from diverse and distributed communities, these platforms promise unparalleled creativity, speed, and scale. However, the open nature of crowdsourcing introduces significant challenges in ensuring the quality of outputs and protecting intellectual property (IP) rights. Effective governance models are crucial to mitigate these challenges, balancing the incentives that attract contributors, the moderation systems that ensure quality, and the legal mechanisms that safeguard IP.