Idea Management and Web-Based Idea Management Systems Situation and Potential in Latvia

Idea: Trusted Emergency Management

Through first-responder access to sensitive information for which they have not been pre-vetted, lives and property can be saved. We describe enhancements to a trusted emergency information management (EIM) system that securely allows for extraordinary access to sensitive information during a crisis. A major component of the architecture is the end-user device, the security of which is enhanced...

Classifying and comparing community innovation in Idea Management Systems

The Idea Management Systems are a tool for collecting ideas for innovation from large communities. One of the problems of those systems is the difficulty to accurately depict the distinctive features of ideas in a rapid manner and use them for judgement of proposed innovations. Our research aims to solve this problem by introducing annotation of ideas with a domain independent taxonomy that des...

An Introduction to Idea Management

A Model for Integration and Interlinking of Idea Management Systems

This paper introduces the use of Semantic Web technologies for the Idea Management Systems as a gap closer between heterogeneous software and achieving interoperability. We present a model that proposes how and what kind of rich metadata annotations to apply in the domain of Idea Management Systems. In addition, as a part of our model, we present a Generic Idea and Innovation Management Ontolog...

From Idea Management Systems to Interactive Innovation Management Systems: Designing for Interaction and Knowledge Exchange

Idea management systems are increasingly widespread in organizations. With their deployment, firms get aware that existing systems have various shortcomings. By analysing idea management systems in three German service firms, we find that a low degree of interaction and knowledge exchange lead to a high workload particular for idea developers and submission of too many ideas. In addition, these...