A Soured Economy Prompted a Boom in Crowdsourcing
Weak Signal's progress: advanced
This Weak Signal came from:
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD
The theme/scheme related to this Weak Signal:
Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities
The sub-theme that best relates to this Weak Signal:
Blue Sky Research on emerging issues and other research economies
When did the Weak Signal manifest ?
2005-now
Weak Signal's description
The current global economic crisis has a pervasive impact on national economies and labour markets, resulting in increasing unemployment. Due to the fact that many unemployed workers do no longer have the chance to find a permanent position in their sector of expertise, crowdsourcing marketplaces such as InnoCentive, TopCoder, uTest, and CrowdSpring are booming.
