%0 Conference Paper %1 ls_leimeister %A Hupe, Anna %A Bretschneider, Ulrich %A Trostmann, Tim %A Stubbemann, Lena %B 35th Bled eConference Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action %C Maribor, Slovenia %D 2022 %I University of Maribor Press %K SME barriers challenges crowdsourcing crowdworking itegpub pub_ahu pub_ubr %P 233-248 %R 10.18690/um.fov.4.2022 %T Barriers for SMEs in Adopting Crowdsourcing %U https://pubs.wi-kassel.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JML_880.pdf %X Despite its undisputable benefits for firms, crowdsourcing is rarely applied in small and medium sized enterprises (SME), yet. Until today extant literature provides only an uncomplete picture of the barriers that hinder SMEs from adopting crowdsourcing. Because of these incomplete insights on this phenomenon there is a great deal of uncertainty on how to overcome these barriers all the more. In the scope of an interview series with 15 SMEs we explore a range of different barriers. The findings from our study do not only expand the so far incomplete body of knowledge but also provide practical references for SMEs to be aware of the barriers. This simplifies avoiding them and successfully adopting crowdsourcing. %@ 978-961-286-616-7

@inproceedings{ls_leimeister, abstract = {Despite its undisputable benefits for firms, crowdsourcing is rarely applied in small and medium sized enterprises (SME), yet. Until today extant literature provides only an uncomplete picture of the barriers that hinder SMEs from adopting crowdsourcing. Because of these incomplete insights on this phenomenon there is a great deal of uncertainty on how to overcome these barriers all the more. In the scope of an interview series with 15 SMEs we explore a range of different barriers. The findings from our study do not only expand the so far incomplete body of knowledge but also provide practical references for SMEs to be aware of the barriers. This simplifies avoiding them and successfully adopting crowdsourcing. }, added-at = {2022-06-24T11:17:18.000+0200}, address = {Maribor, Slovenia}, author = {Hupe, Anna and Bretschneider, Ulrich and Trostmann, Tim and Stubbemann, Lena}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/219b0089aa541ccfd20fb7e22ddffab44/ls_leimeister}, booktitle = {35th Bled eConference Digital Restructuring and Human (Re)action}, doi = {10.18690/um.fov.4.2022}, eventdate = {26-29 Jun 2022}, eventtitle = {Bled eConference}, interhash = {2a523beadfbf9ba4e2369dde49ad2ce4}, intrahash = {19b0089aa541ccfd20fb7e22ddffab44}, isbn = {978-961-286-616-7}, keywords = {SME barriers challenges crowdsourcing crowdworking itegpub pub_ahu pub_ubr}, language = {english}, month = jun, organization = {University of Maribor}, pages = {233-248}, publisher = {University of Maribor Press}, timestamp = {2022-07-08T13:25:01.000+0200}, title = {Barriers for SMEs in Adopting Crowdsourcing}, url = {https://pubs.wi-kassel.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/JML_880.pdf}, venue = {Maribor, Slovenia}, year = 2022 }