Companies are constantly looking for new ways to innovate and integrate external knowledge into their innovation processes. In the era of makerspaces, a new source for collaborative innovation has evolved. As research shows, the users of makerspaces, so called makers, tend to be highly creative and innovative. That makes this tech-savvy community very promising for […]
The following paper aims to establish a strategic understanding of design by examining different approaches to quantify the value design can add in a business context. The approach of strategic design is based on the understanding of design as an integral part of the corporate strategy which can be derived from corporate culture as well […]
Working in collaborative groups and teams now represents the practice predominantly adopted by organizations aspiring to create innovation and to remain competitive (Korde & Paulus, 2017; Paulus, 2000). However, this trend towards boundless collaboration at work is harshly criticized by a theory called the “New Groupthink”, which argues for a resulting discrimination of introverted employees […]
Design in general and the innovation method ‘Design Thinking’ specifically are currently receiving a high level of attention from the sectors of economics and management. Numerous large enterprises are using Design Thinking, on the one hand, for development of customer-orientated products and, on the other, with the goal in mind of scrutinising traditional organisational structures. […]
Purpose – The hacker culture is a contemporary subculture representing a technology-based extension of the DIY/DIT (do it yourself/do it together) culture. Corresponding DIY-projects are typically motivated by fun and self-fulfilment and not primarily by external stimuli. Nevertheless many new companies have emerged as a result of the hacker culture based on new products. In […]
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how knowledge workers from research institutions use social media tools for networking, information search, and idea generation. This paper aims to examine how social media may enrich the practices of knowledge transfer, knowledge management and creativity. Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of structured interviews with […]
In our study, we scrutinized multidisciplinary and multisectoral cooperation to learn about the factors which influence idea generation and coupled open innovation in cooperation. We specialized on multidisciplinary and multisectoral cooperation because those collaborations seem to have a high potential of developing disruptive technologies and innovation. Our study is a pre-test to set up a […]