Collaborative Innovation Networks ( COINs ) are online communities of innovators . The World Wide Web and Wikipedia were both developed by COINs . Comment: Benjamin Franklin 's club for mutual improvement is an early example of a COIN .
Collaborative Innovation Networks ( COINs ) are online communities of innovators . The World Wide Web and Wikipedia were both developed by COINs . Author Peter Gloor says business needs to take notice of Web-based innovators . Benjamin Franklin 's club for mutual improvement is an early example of a COIN .