Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions

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Autor(a) principal: Silva, Cândida Elisa Pereira da
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Ramos, Isabel
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/37304
Resumo: Open innovation is a hot topic in innovation management. Its basic premise is open up the innovation process. The innovation process, in general sense, may be seen as the process of designing, developing and commercializing a novel product or service to improve the value added of a company. The development of Web 2.0 tools facilitates this kind of contributions, opening space to the emergence of crowdsourcing innovation initiatives. Crowdsourcing is a form of outsourcing not directed to other companies but to the crowd by means of an open call mostly through an Internet platform. Innovation intermediaries, in general sense, are organizations that work to enable innovation, that just act as brokers or agents between two or more parties. Usually, they are also engaged in other activities like inter-organizational networking and technology development and related activities. A crowdsourcing innovation intermediary is an organization that mediates the communication and relationship between the seekers – companies that aspire to solve some problem or to take advantage of any business opportunity – with a crowd that is prone to give ideas based on their knowledge, experience and wisdom. This paper identifies and analyses the functions to be performed by an intermediary of crowdsourcing innovation through grounded theory analyses from literature. The resulting model is presented and explained. The resulting model summarizes eight main functions that can be performed by a crowdsourcing process, namely, diagnoses, mediation, linking knowledge, community, evaluation, project management, intellectual property governance and marketing and support. These functions are associated with a learning cycle process which covers all the crowdsourcing activities that can be realized by the broker.
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spelling Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries FunctionsCrowdsourcing InnovationIntermediary FunctionsOpen InnovationInnovation intermediationEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e InformáticaOpen innovation is a hot topic in innovation management. Its basic premise is open up the innovation process. The innovation process, in general sense, may be seen as the process of designing, developing and commercializing a novel product or service to improve the value added of a company. The development of Web 2.0 tools facilitates this kind of contributions, opening space to the emergence of crowdsourcing innovation initiatives. Crowdsourcing is a form of outsourcing not directed to other companies but to the crowd by means of an open call mostly through an Internet platform. Innovation intermediaries, in general sense, are organizations that work to enable innovation, that just act as brokers or agents between two or more parties. Usually, they are also engaged in other activities like inter-organizational networking and technology development and related activities. A crowdsourcing innovation intermediary is an organization that mediates the communication and relationship between the seekers – companies that aspire to solve some problem or to take advantage of any business opportunity – with a crowd that is prone to give ideas based on their knowledge, experience and wisdom. This paper identifies and analyses the functions to be performed by an intermediary of crowdsourcing innovation through grounded theory analyses from literature. The resulting model is presented and explained. The resulting model summarizes eight main functions that can be performed by a crowdsourcing process, namely, diagnoses, mediation, linking knowledge, community, evaluation, project management, intellectual property governance and marketing and support. These functions are associated with a learning cycle process which covers all the crowdsourcing activities that can be realized by the broker.Association for Information SystemsUniversidade do MinhoSilva, Cândida Elisa Pereira daRamos, Isabel20122012-01-01T00:00:00Zconference paperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/37304engSilva, C. & Ramos, I. (2012). “Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions.” 7th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems Proceedings. In the Proceedings of MCIS 2012 - 7th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, September 8-10, 2012, Guimarães, Portugalhttp://aisel.aisnet.org/mcis2012info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-05-11T06:41:20Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/37304Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openairemluisa.alvim@gmail.comopendoar:71602024-05-11T06:41:20Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
title Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
spellingShingle Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
Silva, Cândida Elisa Pereira da
Crowdsourcing Innovation
Intermediary Functions
Open Innovation
Innovation intermediation
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
title_short Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
title_full Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
title_fullStr Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
title_full_unstemmed Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
title_sort Crowdsourcing innovation intermediaries Functions
author Silva, Cândida Elisa Pereira da
author_facet Silva, Cândida Elisa Pereira da
Ramos, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Ramos, Isabel
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Silva, Cândida Elisa Pereira da
Ramos, Isabel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Crowdsourcing Innovation
Intermediary Functions
Open Innovation
Innovation intermediation
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
topic Crowdsourcing Innovation
Intermediary Functions
Open Innovation
Innovation intermediation
Engenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
description Open innovation is a hot topic in innovation management. Its basic premise is open up the innovation process. The innovation process, in general sense, may be seen as the process of designing, developing and commercializing a novel product or service to improve the value added of a company. The development of Web 2.0 tools facilitates this kind of contributions, opening space to the emergence of crowdsourcing innovation initiatives. Crowdsourcing is a form of outsourcing not directed to other companies but to the crowd by means of an open call mostly through an Internet platform. Innovation intermediaries, in general sense, are organizations that work to enable innovation, that just act as brokers or agents between two or more parties. Usually, they are also engaged in other activities like inter-organizational networking and technology development and related activities. A crowdsourcing innovation intermediary is an organization that mediates the communication and relationship between the seekers – companies that aspire to solve some problem or to take advantage of any business opportunity – with a crowd that is prone to give ideas based on their knowledge, experience and wisdom. This paper identifies and analyses the functions to be performed by an intermediary of crowdsourcing innovation through grounded theory analyses from literature. The resulting model is presented and explained. The resulting model summarizes eight main functions that can be performed by a crowdsourcing process, namely, diagnoses, mediation, linking knowledge, community, evaluation, project management, intellectual property governance and marketing and support. These functions are associated with a learning cycle process which covers all the crowdsourcing activities that can be realized by the broker.
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