IMPORTANCE OF CROWDSOURCING IN SOCIAL INNOVATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM POLAND

Abstract

This article covers the problems connected with creating open social innovations using crowdsourcing. In this work the importance of crowdsourcing in the context of creating open social innovations, which serve the realisation and solving of social needs, was presented. This elaboration is divided into three parts. Following a short introduction, the essence of open social innovations, including the notion of innovation and social innovations, was presented. In the second part, the essence of crowdsourcing and its potential, were presented. The subject of the final, third part is showing the possibilities of using crowdsourcing to create open social innovations. Theoretical considerations were supported by three examples. Three examples from Poland were purposefully chosen. It is worth underlining that the obtained results confirm the demands made in the subject literature connected with the importance of crowdsourcing in creating open social innovations since this phenomenon contributes to obtain and generate new ideas and ways of solving problems including social ones. --------------------------- A cikk a nyitott tarsadalmi innovaciok letrehozasanak kerdeset veti fel a crowdsourcing alkalmazasa altal. A tanulmany bemutatja a crowdsourcing jelenteset, tarsadalmi igenyek megvalositasara es megoldasara szolgalo nyitott tarsadalmi innovaciok letrehozasanak kontextusaban. Az ertekezes harom reszből all. A rovid bevezetes utan, az első reszben a nyitott tarsadalmi innovaciok lenyege kerul bemutatasra, tekintettel az innovacio es a tarsadalmi innovacio fogalmara. A masodik reszben a crowdsourcing lenyege valamint annak potencialja kerul bemutatasra. Az utolso, harmadik resz targya a crowdsourcing alkalmazasanak lehetősegenek bemutatasa, uj nyitott tarsadalmi innovaciok letrehozasaban. Az elmeleti feltevesek harom peldaval lettek alatamasztva. Szandekosan harom lengyelorszagi pelda lett kivalasztva. Erdemes kiemelni, hogy az elert eredmenyek alatamasztjak a szakirodalomban a crowdsourcing jelentősegeről felallitott felteveseket a nyitott tarsadalmi innovaciok kialakitasaban. Ez a jelenseg hozzajarul az uj otletek kialakitasahoz es generalasahoz, valamint problemak - koztuk tarsadalmi problemak megoldasahoz is.