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open outsourcing

open outsourcing noun: crowdsourcing.

Noun

open outsourcing (uncountable)

  1. Crowdsourcing.
    • Reporting mobile apps like FixMaVille use an open outsourcing strategy, which means that a citizen can contribute to describe a located situation for further urban services interventions. However, in this case, the interaction between the citizen and the city is limited to a simple report.2017, Myriam Servières et al., “Mobile Devices and Urban Ambiances:”, in Barbara E.A. Piga, Rossella Salerno, editors, Urban Design and Representation: A Multidisciplinary and Multisensory Approach...
    • Nowadays Burel Factory manufactures burel fabrics, with new weavers, carders and dressmakers. The majority of the workers in the factory are from this region and holders of the ancestral knowledge in the production of the burel fabric.
      The artisans work in partnership with several designers...2020, A. Moreira da Silva, “Sustainability through design creativity”, in Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy, Taylor and Francis, page 220

Questions about open outsourcing

What does open outsourcing mean?
Open outsourcing means crowdsourcing.
What part of speech is open outsourcing?
Open outsourcing is a noun.

Words near open outsourcing in the dictionary

  1. open one's mind
  2. open one's mouth
  3. open order
  4. open out
  5. open outcry
  6. open outsourcing
  7. open Pandora's box
  8. open play
  9. open position
  10. open positions
  11. open prison

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