Social Software Support for Collaborative Innovation Development within Organizations

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Reinhardt ◽  
Martin Wiener ◽  
Marc René Frieß ◽  
Georg Groh ◽  
Michael Amberg
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Software Support ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Content Sharing ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Innovation Platform

Applying a design science approach, the authors developed and tested a social network-based open innovation platform prototype that supports two major aspects of an organization’s ability to drive ideas into innovation concepts. First, the system implements a structured and transparent process logic that enables knowledge aggregation through content sharing and information integration as well as individual workflows of single actors. Second, the platform shapes a collaborative, time- and space-independent common context, which enables employees to build and run an open innovation community. Based on a prototype, the authors also evaluated the platform’s usability as well as its usefulness for collaborative development of innovative concepts.

Open innovation platforms in tourism: how do stakeholders engage and reach consensus?

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 2517-2536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidija Lalicic
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Issues ◽  
Interaction Styles ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Innovation Platform ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper aims to visualize the communication processes between stakeholders who discuss, reach consensus and engage with user-generated ideas through an open innovation platform facilitated by Destination Management Organization (DMO).Design/methodology/approachVarious discussion and interaction styles between the different types of stakeholders on the innovation platform are analyzed using quantitative content analysis. Likewise, perceived issues among the stakeholders that motivate collaboration and consensus are identified.FindingsThis paper identifies that stakeholders interact with each other, reach agreements and solve joint problems on the platform by using predominantly constructive interaction styles. Meanwhile, feasibility and strategic issues appear to be the most dominant topics when discussing the fruition of ideas; however, this depends significantly on the category of the idea.Practical implicationsDMOs are given an understanding of why and how stakeholders engage with a certain idea and the kind of challenges they perceive when pursuing the execution of an idea. DMOs are advised to carefully design an open innovation platform to facilitate effective online discussions that may lead to working groups.Originality/valueThere is a scarcity of approaches in the field of tourism that invite stakeholders to innovate. This study aims to close this gap in tourism research by identifying how and which stakeholders respond to an invitation from a DMO to engage in an open innovation platform and, subsequently, how they interact with other partners to foster collaborative innovation projects in their destination.

Designing Appropriate Frameworks, Models, Strategies and Solutions

2011 ◽  
pp. 271-291
Author(s):  
Pawan Chhabra ◽  
Chetan Jagatkishore Kothari ◽  
Subhadip Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Standard Model ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Ethics Policies ◽  
Architectural Models ◽  
Access Rights ◽  
Innovation Platform

In recent times, the focus of innovation is increasingly moving beyond the centralized R&D programs of large firms to more of a collaborative innovation. This is true even in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) industries. With this approach in mind, the technical strategy has to be laid down to design appropriate architectural models that act as key foundations of building large software systems without compromising on access rights, privacy, confidentiality, ethics, policies, IP, etc. A platform that can enable researchers to share their views, ideas, thoughts or products in seamless manner is the need of the hour. Chapter 17 examines the ways and means of creating a standard model which focuses on well proven software design practices to leverage full potential of open innovation platform; while focusing upon the evolution of IP trends and without compromising on access rights, privacy, confidentiality, ethics, policies, IP, etc.

Context-Aware Creativity Support for Corporate Open Innovation

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-55
Author(s):  
Marc René Frieß ◽  
Georg Groh ◽  
Michael Reinhardt ◽  
Florian Forster ◽  
Johann Schlichter
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Partial Evaluation ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Software ◽  
Experimental Comparison ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Creativity Support ◽  
Science Methodology

This article discusses how creativity in corporate Open Innovation processes can be supported by IT, especially regarding the situative long- and short-term social context of users. Therefore, the authors first define and formalize a model for creative processes. From evidence gained through qualitative interviews with managers from companies of the German ITC sector, they derive insights on creative situations and contexts as well as the current state of IT support for creativity in these companies. On the basis of these insights and guided by the design science methodology, the paper shows the development of a social-software based creativity support system and infrastructure. Furthermore, the authors discuss how appropriate IT tools can incorporate situative and social contexts for creativity support. Examples are a tabletop-based interface for co-located creativity and a web-based, mobile-enabled interface for distributed creativity. As a partial evaluation of the ideas, the article concludes with an experimental comparison of different interfaces to a non-IT scenario.

Cloud Manufacturing Towards Sustainable Management

2020 ◽  
pp. 676-695
Author(s):  
Yuqiuge Hao ◽  
Petri Helo
Keyword(s):  
Information Integration ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Cloud Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Production Lines ◽  
Integration Platform ◽  
Large Size ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
Business Departments

Nowadays, most manufacturing companies have realized the importance of collaboration between dispersed factories, different suppliers, and distributed stakeholders. Cloud computing is an evolution of the Internet; it does not just change the technology, but also enables collaborative innovation. Cloud manufacturing (CM) is another form of networked manufacturing. It provides common and standard manufacturing services by cloud logic and principle. In this chapter, a new concept is suggested based on the fundamental theory and key technologies of CM. Cloud Future Factory, which is intended to manage a matrix-type organizational structure, focuses on improving communication in lean manufacturing. This case company has dispersed production lines and business departments. Therefore, it's very necessary to introduce an efficient and dynamic information integration platform. This chapter leads to a different way of thinking for using the cloud manufacturing concept in different formations. CM is not just suitable for small and medium sized enterprises, but also fits large size companies.

Open Innovation in SMEs

2013 ◽  
pp. 160-174
Author(s):  
Hakikur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Innovation Research ◽  
Outer Periphery ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Corporate Business ◽  
Innovation Processes

Successful innovation is a key to business growth. In the realm of technological development, innovation processes have been transformed into various forms, like open innovation, crowdsourcing innovation, or collaborative innovation. This research would like to focus on open innovation processes to reach out to the common stakeholders in the entrepreneurship system through small and medium enterprises. It has been observed that to provide innovative services or products to the outer periphery of the customer chain, SMEs play an important role. Hence, focusing innovation for SMEs would lead to a newer dimension of innovation research for better business and economic growth. It could be applied to both ways in terms of value gain to the participants. This applies to all sorts of entrepreneurships, though often corporate business houses seem to be the most beneficiaries of innovation researches. This research will emphasize open innovation for SMEs at the outset by focusing transformation of innovation leading to a networked paradigm in spite of being in closed periphery, and try to provide some overview on innovation strategies, including various challenges.

Empowerment of SMEs Through Open Innovation Strategies

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-57
Author(s):  
Hakikur Rahman ◽  
Isabel Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Innovation Strategy ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Adoption Of Innovation ◽  
Contextual Framework ◽  
Innovation Strategies

Adoption of innovation strategies in entrepreneurship is an age old phenomenon, but inclusion of open innovation or collaborative innovation strategies in the business processes is a newly evolved concept. By far, most research reveals that the majority of successful global ventures are adopting open innovation strategies in their business proceedings. However, despite their contribution to entrepreneurship and national economy, the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) are well below the expectation level in terms of acquiring this newly emerged trend of doing business. Moreover, not much research is being conducted to investigate SMEs potencies, expectations, delivery channels and intricacies around the adoption, nourishment and dissemination of open innovation strategies. This research proposes a contextual framework leading to an operational framework to explore the lifecycle of open innovation strategy management activities focusing technology transfer (inbounds or outwards). It discusses a few issues on future research in empowering SMEs through utilization of open innovation strategies.

Improving firm performance through inter-organizational collaborative innovations

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 1167-1182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Hernandez-Espallardo ◽  
Fabian Osorio-Tinoco ◽  
Augusto Rodriguez-Orejuela
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Collaborative Innovation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to add to the existing knowledge about how firm performance is influenced by their involvement in collaborative innovation. The contextual resource-based dimensions improve the participating firm’s performance through its impact on the job-related attitudes of the firm’s personnel. Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were tested using structural equation model to analyze a set of data collected through surveys among a sample of Colombian manufacturers. Findings This study provides empirical evidence that contributes to the scarce research in the open innovation arena about how human resources influence performance in the inter-organizational collaborative innovations. In particular, it offers strong support for the key mediating role of the employees’ job-related attitudes in the relationship between complementary capabilities and innovation culture as value-creating conditions, and the participating firm’s ultimate sales and financial performance. Research limitations/implications The results may be affected by the context of the data set. Further studies considering the influence of specific contextual variables, such as the type of innovation, the national culture or the type of partner, could yield richer insights that would help validate the results of this study. Practical implications This study provides useful information for managers. As well as creating the required conditions to add value in the collaborative innovation, they should work to guarantee the better job-related outcomes for the employees involved in collaborative innovation projects. Originality/value This research contributes to the open innovation literature. It posits the employee’s attitudes toward collaborative innovations as a factor of the utmost importance in determining how the external collaboration affects internal performance.

Knowledge co-creation in Open Innovation Digital Platforms: processes, tools and services

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1434-1447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tindara Abbate ◽  
Anna Paola Codini ◽  
Barbara Aquilani
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Innovation Intermediaries ◽  
Innovation Platform

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how Open Innovation Digital Platforms (OIDPs) can facilitate and support knowledge co-creation in Open Innovation (OI) processes. Specifically, it intends to investigate the contribution of OIDPs-oriented to successfully implement all the phases of interactive coupled OI processes. Design/methodology/approach The paper carries out an exploratory qualitative analysis, adopting the single case study method. The case here investigated is Open Innovation Platform Regione Lombardia (OIPRL). Findings The case study sheds light on how OIPRL supports knowledge co-creation through its processes, tools and services as a co-creator intermediary. In its launch stage, the platform simply aimed at giving firms a tool to “find partners” and financial resources to achieve innovative projects. Now, however, the platform has developed into an engagement platform for knowledge co-creation. Research limitations/implications One limitation lies in the particular perspective used to perform the case study: the perspective of the digital platform itself. Future research should focus on the individuals engaged in the platform to better investigate the processes, tools and services used to implement the OI approach. Practical implications The paper suggests ways in which OIDPs could be used by firms for effective exploration, acquisition, integration and development of valuable knowledge. Originality/value The study conceptualizes the role of OIDPs in shaping knowledge co-creation, assuming that the platforms act as Open Innovation Intermediaries (OIIs). Specifically, OIDPs can be observed to function as “co-creator intermediaries” that define, develop and implement dedicated processes, specific tools and appropriate services for supporting knowledge co-creation activities.

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