Crowdsourcing innovation virtual community | Characteristics | Degree of collaboration | Typical Case |
Enterprise self-built virtual community | The virtual community developed by the enterprise relying on Internet technology integrates opinions and suggestions (user-generated content) of a wide range of users on product products for product promotion and commercial development. And assist enterprises to better understand the needs and wishes of users [15] [17] [18] . | High | Ideastorm, My Starbucks Ideas; MIUI |
Third-party crowdsourcing platform | This kind of platform is a crowdsourcing agency that connects the contractor (enterprise, individual or non-profit organization, etc.) with the contractor (social public participant); it integrates the wisdom of the enterprise to solve the innovation problems faced by the enterprise, and the submitted solution is finally adopted. The user gets the corresponding reward [17] . | Low | Innocentive; Taskcn.com; zhubajie |