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Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Guest Editorial: Foresight in Strategy and Innovation Management(2022-01-17); ; ; The papers in this special section focus on strategic foresight and innovation management. Strategic foresight develops perspectives and practices that anticipate transformational change and prepares organization to navigate them. It develops capabilities that enable decision-makers see and evaluate future situations so as to better consider alternative courses of actions and the future outcomes of their choices. As a research stream, strategic foresight has existed for more than 70 years. During this time, evaluation of the field has documented how the use of strategic foresight to form strategy under uncertainty has enabled organizations to create superior positions in future markets or to advance societal goals.Publicationtype: Journal Article175 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: with files , Diskutieren, Reflektieren, Schreiben – Eine Studie zum Einsatz informeller Reflexionstexte in der Lehrveranstaltung Innovation DebatesA widespread challenge in university teaching is students’ limited attention and reflective thinking. This frequently leads to little knowledge absorption and even to false understanding of the subject matter. This challenge is further increased by little time for elaboration or asking questions. Against this background, we introduce the concept of one-minute paper in a course setting. One of the associated benefits of one-minute papers is that they are suited for continuous short writing tasks as well as encouraging a deeper reflection of arguments. However, we do not introduce the method one-minute paper within the classroom, as it is usually done, but in the self-study time. Our approach is rather motivated by examining how students review and summarize course content. In regard to a deeper learning experience, our research question is: Which levels of reflection do students achieve with one-minute papers written in their self-study time? For this, the concept of one-minute papers is introduced in a class: After each session, the lecturer gives a specific question for each course appointment. The students then write a short text in an online course forum. The weekly question of reflection is always different. Results from students’ course evaluation show that students perceive the oneminute paper as low effort activity not burdening them much. Qualitative analysis of one-minute papers indicates that students achieve all levels of reflective thinking and make new connections, based on the teaching material. These results contribute in general to our understanding of enhancing students’ critical thinking skills and knowledge absorption, and in specific, to the application of one-minute paper outside the course room. For lecturers, this paper offers suggestions to keep students involved in learning with low threshold writing activities and amplify students’ reflective thinking.Publicationtype: Book Part99 261 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: with files , Reviewing the Field of External Knowledge Search for Innovation: Theoretical Underpinnings and Future (Re-)search DirectionsThe field of external knowledge search for innovation has a long tradition and has inspired several schools of thought resulting in a rich and burgeoning body of research. However, the field suffers from two key limitations. First, the pluralism of research across multiple disciplines impedes our attention to the field as a whole, including its intellectual structure and core ideas. Second, recent developments in the business environment and key new ideas in the field complement taken-for-granted approaches and provide new opportunities for knowledge search. Based on a systematic co-citation analysis, we provide a reflective review of the literature and make several contributions. We integrate existing research across disciplines and offer a synthesis of a fragmented research landscape to present a global view of the field. Moreover, we propose a novel external search concept and introduce the idea of “decoupled search.” Leveraging our synthesis and conceptualization further, we recommend future research directions for the entire field of external knowledge search for innovation.Publicationtype: Journal ArticleScopus© Citations 51 228 288 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Experimental evidence on adoption bias and legitimacy strategies for pure user innovations(2020-08); ; Recent research in open and user innovation has shown that users, as well as households, significantly contribute to improving existing products and may even innovate completely new solutions which better correspond to their unfulfilled needs. But many, if not most of these, remain unknown to the public and research on household sector innovation shows that these inventions often fall short when it comes to their diffusion to potential customers. With this study we aim to contribute to a better understanding of the reasons for this lack of diffusion beyond known aspects. To do so, we particularly address and analyze the effect of the perceived product origin on consumer adoption decisions. Based on two randomized experiments within the household sector, building on legitimacy theory, our study reveals significant differences in the acceptance for identical products, dependent on whether they are introduced as pure user innovations or products from an established firm. We can show that pure user innovations cause adoption bias and, therefore, represent a barrier for diffusion in the general population. However, when user innovators employ certain practices, their innovations are significantly more likely to be adopted and are even on par with incumbent products. Thus, user innovators can apply certain legitimacy strategies to overcome this adoption bias. We test variations in these best practices and show how user innovators can stimulate adoption of their solutions. Our findings contribute novel and relevant implications for the diffusion of household innovations, co-creation and user entrepreneurship, and provide avenues for future research.Publicationtype: Conference Paper62 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Adoption bias and its mitigation practices for user innovated products: Experimental evidence from the household sector(2019-09); ; Publicationtype: Conference Paper88 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , A framework for analyzing technology ecosystems – adopting insight from biologyTechnology Ecosystems perspective has become a preferred approach to analyze complex interactions and integrate several domains like Technology Management, Innovation Management and Strategy. However, our understanding of ecosystems in management continues to remain limited. Management literature frequently speaks about ecosystems only in terms of a ‘complex system’ and highlights interactions without further differentiation. Enriching this perspective, we propose to adopt insights from biology, which has developed a far more detailed taxonomy for studying ecosystems. Transferring these insights can help management scholars gain a more nuanced understanding. Applying this ‘bridging’ idea to link the ‘management ecosystem’ perspective and ‘behavioral ecosystems’, this paper seeks to increase our understanding in multiple ways: (1) We refine our understanding of ecosystems with an aligned taxonomy; (2) We disentangle the relationships among different ecosystem layers, actors, and technologies; and (3) We provide an instrument to advance management research and structure future research on sustainable technology adoption and diffusion. We provide a taxonomy that differentiates dynamic, co-evolving technologies in co-evolving industry ecosystems.Publicationtype: Book part73 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Synergien folgen nicht automatisch: Führen Hochschulzusammenschlüsse zu einem höheren akademischen Output?(2019-01); Publicationtype: Journal Article91 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , On the 'right' problem statement : the effects of varying problem-related information on solver participationPublicationtype: Research Report60 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Open source innovation: the phenomenon, participant's behaviour, business implicationsOpen Source Innovation (OSI) has gained considerable momentum within the last years. Academic and management practice interest grows as more and more end-users consider and even participate in Open Source product development like Linux, Android, or Wikipedia. Open Source Innovation: Phenomenon, Participant Behaviour, Impact brings together rigorous academic research and business importance in scrutinizing OCI from three perspectives: The Phenomenon, Participants' Behavior, and Business Implications. The first section introduces OCI artefacts, including who is participating and why, and provides a systematic overview of the literature. The second section stresses the behaviour of participants, highlighting participation progression, community selection, user entrepreneurship and fair behaviour, and answering key questions like how to manage governance rules, openness and community design aspects. The third explores the impact and implications of OSI for firms and economies by evaluating business models, uncovering opportunities for firms to interact with communities, and presenting value capture mechanisms. Open Source Innovation provides a full picture of the movement to help readers understand and engage with OSI from the micro perspective of individuals, to the community, to the macro perspective of firms and economies.Publicationtype: Book63 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Access status: without files , Community joining, progressing and leaving: developing an Open Source participation lifecycle modelOpen collaborative innovation communities, such as open source projects, established themselves as new organizational form and unite numerous people. A key challenge for these open initiatives is to attract participants and realize their subsequent community progression, termination and re-joining. Yet, membership dynamics are not well understood nor concepts put in relationship. We pursue to provide an overview of different participation phases and antecedents of progression of members. Our analysis of present research identifies four key participation phases, representing member 'landing' points, and two core concepts explaining contribution and latent activities on how, and why participants advance. Based on these findings and led by the theory of social learning we develop a participation model describing a consistent framework for community joining, contributing and leaving. This model is able to combine latest research and identify influences affecting progression. We highlight socialization and alliance building among volunteers, and provide insights into causes for membership dynamics. Moreover, we propose a yet lacking pre-participation phase highlighting community selection before joiners interact with the community. Our model solves the puzzle of an end-to-end membership perspective, and helps guiding researchers and community managers in understanding member management and participation behavior.Publicationtype: Book Part37