Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings of EBRF 2008. Helsinki, Stockholm, 22 - 24 September 2008 |
| Place of Publication | Tampere |
| Edition | cd-rom |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-952-15-2091-4, 978-951-39-3427-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
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Keywords
- online communities
- open innovation
- intermediaries
- rewarding
- collaboration
- monetary
- non-monetary
- tangible
- intangible
- recognition
- motivation
- case study
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Collaboration in open innovation communities - Do users want it? / Antikainen, Maria; Väätäjä, Heli.
Proceedings of EBRF 2008. Helsinki, Stockholm, 22 - 24 September 2008. cd-rom. ed. Tampere, 2008.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review
TY - GEN
T1 - Collaboration in open innovation communities - Do users want it?
AU - Antikainen, Maria
AU - Väätäjä, Heli
N1 - Project code: 10520
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Currently, many companies wish to find ways how to integrate their customers or innovative users into their innovation processes. Since earlier studies indicate that collective problem solving improves the quality of the ideas (e.g. Hargadon and Beckhy 2006; Thrift 2006), it is important to find out whether members are willing to collaborate in open innovation communities and how they should be rewarded to motivate collaboration in an innovationprocess. This empirical study aims to find out users' needs and willingness to collaborate and how rewarding can be used to motivate members to collaborate in open innovation communities. The study is a case study (Yin 2003) of three open innovation communities. The studied communities are FellowForce, CrowdSpirit and Owela, which are online open innovation communities acting as innovation intermediaries. Firstly, the results indicate that users see collaboration as an effective and enjoyable way to work and were willing to use more collaboration tools in online communities. Secondly, members gave concrete suggestions on the different kinds of rewarding models within groups. Both ways to reward, monetary and non-monetary ones were emphasised.
AB - Currently, many companies wish to find ways how to integrate their customers or innovative users into their innovation processes. Since earlier studies indicate that collective problem solving improves the quality of the ideas (e.g. Hargadon and Beckhy 2006; Thrift 2006), it is important to find out whether members are willing to collaborate in open innovation communities and how they should be rewarded to motivate collaboration in an innovationprocess. This empirical study aims to find out users' needs and willingness to collaborate and how rewarding can be used to motivate members to collaborate in open innovation communities. The study is a case study (Yin 2003) of three open innovation communities. The studied communities are FellowForce, CrowdSpirit and Owela, which are online open innovation communities acting as innovation intermediaries. Firstly, the results indicate that users see collaboration as an effective and enjoyable way to work and were willing to use more collaboration tools in online communities. Secondly, members gave concrete suggestions on the different kinds of rewarding models within groups. Both ways to reward, monetary and non-monetary ones were emphasised.
KW - online communities
KW - open innovation
KW - intermediaries
KW - rewarding
KW - collaboration
KW - monetary
KW - non-monetary
KW - tangible
KW - intangible
KW - recognition
KW - motivation
KW - case study
M3 - Conference article in proceedings
SN - 978-952-15-2090-7
SN - 978-951-39-3426-2
BT - Proceedings of EBRF 2008. Helsinki, Stockholm, 22 - 24 September 2008
CY - Tampere
ER -