PICMET '06 Student Paper Award Winner

The number of students doing significant research in the area of Engineering and Technology Management was demonstrated by the 25 nominations received. The selection of the award winners was difficult because of the excellent quality of all the submissions, but one paper stood out for its contribution to the field of Engineering and Technology Management. Author: Karim R. Lakhani. Advisor & Co-Author: Eric von Hippel. University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Paper Title: "Broadcast Search in Problem Solving: Attracting Solutions From the Periphery". The paper's abstract is provided.