TY - CHAP
T1 - The Changing structure of talent for innovation
T2 - On demand online marketplaces
AU - Caspin-Wagner, Keren
AU - Massini, Silvia
AU - Lewin, Arie Y
PY - 2018/12/10
Y1 - 2018/12/10
N2 - This chapter discusses the phenomenon of online marketplaces for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and highlights its effect on knowledge creation and innovation through on-demand contract employment and problem solving of scientific challenges by online communities of experts globally. In particular, the authors discuss the key dynamics and events driving the development of the online marketplaces for innovation. Relying on data from various online platforms, including novel data from one of the world’s largest online platforms, the chapter characterizes the phenomenon, including the geographic dispersion of users and distribution of income, and discusses important implications and challenges for research and development (R&D) and innovation management in organizations. These include the need to develop new organizational and managerial capabilities, intellectual property (IP) protection issues, the ability of balancing internal and external innovation processes, and implications on the changing identity of R&D workers.
AB - This chapter discusses the phenomenon of online marketplaces for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and highlights its effect on knowledge creation and innovation through on-demand contract employment and problem solving of scientific challenges by online communities of experts globally. In particular, the authors discuss the key dynamics and events driving the development of the online marketplaces for innovation. Relying on data from various online platforms, including novel data from one of the world’s largest online platforms, the chapter characterizes the phenomenon, including the geographic dispersion of users and distribution of income, and discusses important implications and challenges for research and development (R&D) and innovation management in organizations. These include the need to develop new organizational and managerial capabilities, intellectual property (IP) protection issues, the ability of balancing internal and external innovation processes, and implications on the changing identity of R&D workers.
KW - online marketplaces for talent
KW - on-demand employment
KW - gig economy
KW - STEM talent
KW - innovation management
KW - knowledge boundaries
U2 - 10.1108/S1745-886220180000013011
DO - 10.1108/S1745-886220180000013011
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781787563261
T3 - Progress in International Business Research
SP - 245
EP - 272
BT - International Business in the Information and Digital Age
A2 - van Tulder, Rob
A2 - Verbeke, Alain
A2 - Piscitello, Lucia
PB - Emerald Publishing Limited
CY - Leeds
ER -
