What are the characteristics of crowdsourcing? What is the operation process of crowdsourcing? Tell me in detail.

Crowdsourcing is an important business book after the long tail theory. Crowdsourcing answered a big suspense left by the long tail theory. In The Long Tail Theory, the author elaborated on the possibility of the long tail theory, but did not interpret it in detail. Crowdsourcing is a detailed answer to this suspense. It is a book highly recommended by the author of The Long Tail Theory, which has caused quite a stir in the world. The concept of "crowdsourcing" has also become a standard term, which has been widely valued by the business community. Crowdsourcing is roughly divided into three parts, introducing the present, past and future of crowdsourcing, and expounding the origin, universality, strength and commercial applicability of crowdsourcing, which is easy to understand and colorful. Crowdsourcing originated from the Internet. When some companies publish the source code of their products on the Internet, these products have been unexpectedly improved through public creativity. These free group wisdom promoted the rapid development of business. Nowadays, examples of crowdsourcing abound: from the birth of Wikipedia to 28,000 people raising funds through the Internet and acquiring the depressed Abbey Fett United Football Club in England ... crowdsourcing is not only a commercial possibility, but also a future business model. What we can't ignore is that the products of mass creativity have surpassed the best products created by top companies in the world. Not only that, crowdsourcing also provides an assumption that everyone is an artist, a scientist, an architect and a designer ... it can release unlimited potential and enable everyone to pursue Excellence in more than one profession. More and more companies are realizing its important value: IBM invested 65.438+0 billion dollars to develop crowdsourcing mode, and Procter & Gamble organized 65.438+0.4 million scientists to set up "Innovation Center" to solve all technical problems encountered by employees by crowdsourcing. What should we do if the solution to the biggest problem in business society has emerged and exists in an active network?