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How Ants Build Pyramids

The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing

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  1. Karl R. Rabes

    1. Nürnberg, Germany

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  2. Describing the Pyramid – Introduction

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 1-14

  3. Delineating the Pyramid – Stage Setting

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 15-31

  4. The First Side of the Pyramid – Micro-Task Markets

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 33-47

  5. The Second Side of the Pyramid – Task-Technology Fit

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 49-61

  6. The Third Side of the Pyramid – Task Complexity

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 63-70

  7. Combining the Sides – Research Design

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 71-91

  8. Discovering the Pyramid Results

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 93-133

  9. Declaring the Pyramid - Conclusion

    • Karl R. Rabes
    Pages 135-144

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 151-167
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About this book

Karl R. Rabes explores the performance impact of differing task designs in crowdsourcing, especially micro-task markets. Based on several exploratory literature reviews, the manuscript applies the task-technology fit theory and numerous quasi-experiments to show which tasks can be successfully outsourced to the crowd. It is revealed how a tasks design has an influence on solution quality taking into account respective task-, technology- and individual characteristics, and clearly delineates the differences in objective quality and subjective fit evaluations within and between task designs for micro-task markets.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Nürnberg, Germany

    Karl R. Rabes

About the author

Karl R. Rabes is a founder and project manager at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. He received his PhD in economic sciences from Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein at the Department of Information Systems, Chair of Information Systems 1 – Innovation & Value Creation. As a consultant he supported several major German and international companies in the planning, execution and controlling of R&D projects.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Ants Build Pyramids

  • Book Subtitle: The Concept of Task/Technology Fit in Crowdsourcing

  • Authors: Karl R. Rabes

  • Series Title: Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung Markets and Organisations

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-27439-9

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-27438-2Published: 15 August 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-27439-9Published: 07 August 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2945-879X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-8803

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 167

  • Number of Illustrations: 55 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management

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