The Information systems (IS) literature explains how specific digital characteristics enable structural generativity, i.e. “a system’s capacity to produce unanticipated change through contributions from broad and varied audiences” (Zittrain, 2008: p.70). This resonates well with innovation literature, which emphasizes the combinatorial aspect of innovation and the value of open and distributed ...

A growing body of literature investigates the role of users in innovation processes of new products. This essay examines whether it is feasible to transfer and adapt these findings from the context of corporate product innovation to public innovations in infrastructure, policy, ordinances, etc. Based on the shortcomings of conventional market research, as acknowledged in the literature on useri...

The majority of innovation research seeks to establish frameworks regarding the definition and identification of innovation; complementarily, there exists a dearth of research attempting to provide frameworks for evaluating the effectiveness of innovation within a firm. Adapting an existing “web” framework, we created the redesigned innovation “web” with redefined dimensions of innovation and a...

Open innovation has become a fruitful approach to increasing the potential of innovation in organisations. Similar to traditional innovation, an open innovation approach can be characterised in three phases; namely idea generation, idea assessment and idea implementation/diffusion. While the academic community has begun to provide initial guidance for improving the various stages of the open in...

Kuruluşlar inovasyonun etkili gücünden hareketle inovasyonu etkin yönetecekleri bir yönetim sistemi oluşturma ihtiyacı içinde hareket etmektedirler. Standartlar ile inovasyon arasında ise karmaşık ve dinamik ilişki olduğu bilinmektedir. Bu araştırma, küresel olarak var olan ilk ulusal sertifikalandırılabilir standartlardan Ar-Ge UNE 166002 ISO 56001 standartlarına odaklanmıştır. Amaç; kuruluşla...