Application of evolutionary computation techniques for the identification of innovators in open innovation communities

Torres, María del Rocío Martínez

doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2012.10.070

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“…Consequently, we also find support for our argument in some studies that focus on ideator and idea success in open idea calls. There are two studies based on the idea call by the company Dell that indicate that ideators who pay major attention to other ideators' ideas—meaning that they show a diverse commenting activity on other ideas—are more likely to be successful (Bayus, ; Martínez‐Torres, ). And recently a study on an idea call for new product development in the food and beverages sector showed that idea implementation was positively related to the ideator's intensive commenting behaviour shown during the call (Schemmann et al, ).…”

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The right kind of people: Characteristics of successful ideators' online behaviour

2017

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Open online idea calls are an increasingly popular way to crowdsource ideas. Such calls tend to attract a diverse crowd who suggest a variety of ideas. To detect the most promising from this mass of ideas, we identify online behavioural characteristics of successful ideators, i.e. those who suggest ideas that are implemented. Our study is based on binary logistic regression analyses of a dataset from a call for ideas crowdsourced by the city of Munich. We found that characteristics linked to suggesting possible solutions and to showing positive attention towards other ideas are key features of how successful ideators behave online. We also found that the first is a characteristic of ideators who are likely to suggest an idea that is implemented but not novel. The latter is a characteristic of ideators who are likely to suggest an idea that is implemented and novel. Paying attention to other ideas before suggesting one's own and providing constructive input to other ideas are not found to be characteristic for successful ideators. The findings contribute to a better understanding of successful ideators' online behaviour and thereby open up new opportunities for the detection of ideas that the idea‐seeker wants to implement.

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The right kind of people: Characteristics of successful ideators' online behaviour

2017

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“…This engagement creates a common understanding about the innovation and new share/common knowledge emerges (Martinez-Torres 2013;Sawhney and Prandelli 2000). The innovator learns from the community and complements the common knowledge (Fuller et al 2007).…”

Section: Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current issues and research trends on open-source software communities

Torres

Díaz‐Fernández

2013

Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

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Open source software (OSS) projects represent a new paradigm of software creation and development based on hundreds or even thousands of developers and users organised in the form of a virtual community. The success of an OSS project is closely linked to the successful organisation and development of the virtual community of support group. This paper reviews different fields and research topics related to the OSS communities such as collective intelligence, the structure of OSS communities, their success, communities as virtual organisations, motivation, shared knowledge, innovation and learning. The main challenges, results obtained, and the knowledge areas are detailed for each topic. Keywords: open source software; virtual communities; research trends; survey IntroductionThe open source software (OSS) represents a software development model in which the source code is available to programmers to view, read, modify and redistribute without the restrictions of the intellectual property rights, which is typical of proprietary software released under a licence. It stands for a radical shift from the traditional software-engineering practice, and a new and revolutionary way of software development (Moody 2001;Raymond 1999).There are important philosophical differences between the open-source and the proprietary software development. While traditional firms can derive competitive advantage from the ownership or control of internal resources, OSS firms depend on the capability to control resources which are external to the firm, in this case primarily in the form of OSS communities (Dahlander and Magnusson 2005). Another difference to the proprietary software development is that OSS projects are based on the individual contributions of dozens or even thousands of developers geographically distributed and organised as a virtual development community (Lee and Cole 2003). Its success is owing to both the optimal development of the projects (that is, the speed at which new versions are released, and its reliability, portability and scalability), and the participants from the community (Gruber and Henkel 2006;von Hippel and von Krogh 2003;Lakhani and von Hippel 2003;Martínez-Torres et al. 2010). OSS projects are based on virtual support communities (Lee and Cole 2003), that use the software and participate in their development. These * Corresponding author. Email: rmtorres@us.es Open-source phenomenon has also attracted the interest of academics and practitioners. It can be considered as a multidisciplinary research topic that have received an increasing attention during the last decade because of two reasons: firstly, its simple existence, secondly, the way it contradicts the traditional theories and common business practices (von Hippel 2007;von Hippel and von Krogh 2003;Kogut and Metiu 2001;Lerner and Tirole 2002;Wayner 2000). The importance of OSS communities has also been highlighted in several taxonomies related to the OSS research, where communities are considered part of several categories like OSS standards and ...

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“…Brand loyalty influences the desire to share ideas and strengthens collaboration on open innovation. In order to maximize the involvement of all stakeholders, the firm must be the one to take the first step and to create communities in which innovation is encouraged [21]. The companies have to invest in relationships, to share their innovations and to create opportunities for interaction on open innovation activities.…”

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Open innovation in IT brands in Cluj-Napoca

2017

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Abstract. This article presents the concept of open innovation in IT brands, an industry that is always evolving. We will present the results of a preliminary study regarding the benefits of open innovation on ClujNapoca IT brands, the evolution of the number of employees from large companies in the industry and the future direction of research. The sample of the study contains 37 firms selected from a total of 1,490 companies registered in Cluj-Napoca.

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Application of evolutionary computation techniques for the identification of innovators in open innovation communities

Cited by 33 publications

References 41 publications

The right kind of people: Characteristics of successful ideators' online behaviour

The right kind of people: Characteristics of successful ideators' online behaviour

Current issues and research trends on open-source software communities

Open innovation in IT brands in Cluj-Napoca

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