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Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding in the Manufacturing and Services Sectors

Gad Allon
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Gad Allon
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4815-6667
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104;
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Volodymyr Babich
Volodymyr Babich
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8973-2838
McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057
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Gad Allon

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Gad Allon

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4815-6667

The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104;

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Volodymyr Babich

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8973-2838

McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia 20057

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Published Online:2 Jan 2020https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2019.0825

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Received:May 19, 2019
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