Crowdsourcing has gained considerable traction over the past decade and has emerged as
a powerful tool in the innovation process of organizations. Given its growing significance in …

Markets for ideas (MFIs) are virtual marketplaces connecting individuals and organizations
selling their ideas (namely knowledge owners) to companies in search for specific …

Tournament theory is useful for describing behavior when reward structures are based on
relative rank rather than absolute levels of output. Accordingly, management scholars have …

The organization of open data hackathons or digital innovation competitions is a significant
opportunity for nascent entrepreneurs to collaborate with external partners, promote new …

Organizations increasingly initiate Internet-based innovation-contest communities through
which individuals can interact and contribute to the innovation process. To successfully …

Researchers on open innovation (OI) and user innovation (UI) share certain assumptions
and precepts. Perhaps most importantly, they agree that knowledge relevant for innovation …

Design Thinking (see Glen et al., 2015) emphasize a deep customer understanding,
external observation and iteration for innovation with a constant focus on the business …

In search of fresh ideas, firms increasingly engage with external contributors in open
innovation collaborations. However, research has found that such collaborations frequently …

Despite the widespread and increased usage of idea contests and, within these,
gamification elements, scarce data exist on the effects of utilizing gamification elements to …

Purpose The need for consumer involvement in innovation processes has been recognised
for four decades. Consumer involvement as a part of open innovation is an important …