... and crowdsourcing data mining system for the synchronization of the police and law enforcement agencies for the prevention of criminal activities during and post a large crisis situation. Design/methodology/approach The paper realized qualitative research in the form of a review of the literature. This review...

...Martin Sykora Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore implicit crowdsourcing, leveraging social media in real-time scenarios for intelligent systems. Design/methodology/approach A case study using an illustrative example system, which systematically used a custom social media platform...

... and to describe the related service portfolio. Findings The main uses of social media were identified and conceptualized based on the case company data. Internally, social media was used to for internal communication and knowledge transfer, to reach personnel and to conduct internal idea crowdsourcing...

... collection. Originality/value The paper provides a simple and effective method to monitor social media, which firms can use to their advantage. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Crowdsourcing Open innovation Innovation Ideation Broadcast search Social media Ideas generation...