The wisdom of crowds: Why the many are smarter than the few and how collective wisdom shapes business, economies, societies, and nations Doubleday Books.

By J. Surowiecki. 2004

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Cognitive Enhancement: Methods, Ethics, Regulatory Challenges (2009, methodology): “Through the use of such social software, the distributed intelligence of large groups can be shared and harnessed for specific purposes (Surowiecki 2004).”
Open innovation: State of the art and future perspectives (2011, background): “When firms aim to activate and exploit the 'wisdom of the crowd' (Surowiecki, 2004), they have to motivate and manage volunteers (Wallin and von Krogh, 2010), who have their own interests, unknown to the firm and potentially in conflict with firm interests.”
MOVING THE CROWD AT THREADLESS (2010, background): “The Web is an ideal technology for aggregating millions of disparate, independent ideas without the dangers of ‘too much communication’ and compromise (Surowiecki 2004, p. xix).”
Benefits, Adoption Barriers and Myths of Open Data and Open Government (2012, methodology): “Information Systems Management, 29:258–268, 2012 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 1058-0530 print / 1934-8703 online DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2012.716740”