Table 2.
Attributes Used to Operationalize the Degree of Co‐Creation and Openness of the Crowdsourcing Challenges
| Attributes | Challenges (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree of co‐creation between seekers and solvers | ||
| Level of detail of the tasks and the timeframe in which they are to be carried out | High | 21.7 |
| Medium‐high | 30.1 | |
| Medium‐low | 14.4 | |
| Low | 18.1 | |
| NA | 15.7 | |
| Participants' location | Worldwide | 53.0 |
| Restricted to one or more countries | 47.0 | |
| Participants' types | All types | 44.6 |
| Only individuals and teams | 42.2 | |
| Only organizations | 13.3 | |
| Degree of openness of the solution | ||
| IPR | Seekers handle IPR | 8.4 |
| Proponents have exclusive ownership of IPR | 68.7 | |
| Not determined in advance | 22.9 | |
| Licensing | Participants required to grant free license to proponent | 2.7 |
| Participants required to issue open‐source license | 9.5 | |
| License not required | 52.7 | |
| Not determined in advance | 35.1 | |
| Data‐sharing conditions | Participants not required to share data | 17.6 |
| Participants required to share data | 58.1 | |
| Not determined in advance | 24.3 | |