What Is Crowdsourcing

question 55

Multiple Choice

What is crowdsourcing?

• A) Refers to the wisdom of the crowd.
• B) Sources capital for a project by raising many small amounts from a large number of individuals, typically via the Internet.
• C) Collaborates and taps into the core knowledge of all employees, partners, and customers.
• D) Involves capturing, classifying, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing information assets in a way that provides context for effective decisions and actions.

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Definitions:

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