Two parallel phenomena are gaining attention in human–computer interaction research:
gamification and crowdsourcing. Because crowdsourcing's success depends on a mass of …

Innovation contests as a means to realize innovative product or service solutions are
growing in popularity among practitioners and researchers. An increasing number of …

Several organizations have developed ongoing crowdsourcing communities that repeatedly
collect ideas for new products and services from a large, dispersed “crowd” of nonexperts …

To stimulate progress in automating the reconstruction of neural circuits, we organized the
first international challenge on 2D segmentation of electron microscopic (EM) images of the …

Despite the increasing use of gamification mechanics to engage customers in firms'
activities, the risks related to such use remain unclear. To address this knowledge gap, this …

This paper reports on the results of a design science research (DSR) study that develops
design principles for information systems (IS) that support organisational sensemaking in …

This article introduces 'virtual design competitions' as a new means of opening up the
innovation process and enriching the companies,'design‐ideas' by utilizing the creativity of a …

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

Today, the common understanding of the innovation process builds on the observation that
firms rarely innovate alone and that innovation is a result of interactive relationships among …

Following the concepts of crowdsourcing, co‐creation or open innovation, companies are
increasingly using contests to foster the generation of creative solutions. Currently, online …