scholarly journals A Special Issue of Creativity and Innovation Management: Organizing Creativity: Creativity and Innovation under Constraints

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjolein C.J. Caniëls ◽  
Eric F. Rietzschel
2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 677-679
Author(s):  
Harry Boer ◽  
Jennie Björk ◽  
Katharina Hölzle

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fausto Di Vincenzo ◽  
Daniele Mascia ◽  
Jennie Björk ◽  
Mats Magnusson

PurposeThis paper analyzes how the distribution and structure of employees' attention influence idea survival in an organizational internal crowdsourcing session.Design/methodology/approachData from an online internal crowdsourcing session carried out within a multinational company with headquarters in Sweden were used to explore how idea attention influenced idea survival.FindingsOur findings indicate that the positive relationship between attention allocation and idea survival is mediated by idea appreciation, i.e. positive comments and suggestions that employees provide in response to ideas. In addition, we find that competition for attention negatively moderates the relationship between idea attention and positive comments. Finally, our results indicate that ideas are more likely to survive if they are submitted earlier in the crowdsourcing process and when the elapsed time since previously posted ideas in the session is longer.Practical implicationsThis study provides organizers of internal crowdsourcing sessions with new insights about factors influencing idea survival and about potential systematic biases in idea selection due to timing and competition between ideas.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to the literature highlighting the relevance of attention-based theory in the context of crowd-based creativity and innovation management.


2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikel Landabaso

Purpose – This Special Issue of the European Journal of Innovation Management sheds new light on the burning issue of Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3), both in terms of their policy formulation and their practical implementation in the field. This new policy approach refers to the process of priority setting in national and regional research and innovation strategies in order to build “place-based” competitive advantages and help regions and countries develop an innovation-driven economic transformation agenda. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This is an important topic both in the current debate about a new industrial policy for Europe and as a policy option for a successful crisis exit strategy led by public investments in the real economy. Moreover, smart specialisation is promoted by the European Commission as an ex ante conditionality for all regions in Europe to receive European Structural and Investment Funds in the field of innovation. Thus, it has become a pre-requisite for accessing fresh funds for investing in badly needed innovation-driven productivity growth throughout the European Union (EU). Findings – The six papers in this Special Issue are the fruit of ground-breaking research and policy testing by nearly 20 leading academics and policy makers throughout the EU. They explore the early smart specialisation concept and its further developments, examine the methodological tools at its disposal and advance specific policy proposals and governance considerations based on actual experimentation in the field. Originality/value – All these make the present Special Issue of the European Journal of Innovation Management an important research milestone. This Special Issue is the fruit of a call towards the European academic and research community to help shaping and advancing the smart specialisation concept and thus contribute to better position regions and countries in the global economy through innovation-driven policies.


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