Ana Orelj, Magnus Thor Torfason, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Björn Remneland Wikhamn
{"title":"Friends in Pixels as Motivation to Contribute to Community Innovation Initiatives","authors":"Ana Orelj, Magnus Thor Torfason, Marcel L. A. M. Bogers, Björn Remneland Wikhamn","doi":"10.1111/caim.12658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12658","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Gamification and video games share more than just a name; they both rely on psychological foundations to create engaging challenges that interest and motivate their users. Consequently, there are still numerous opportunities for cross-pollination in design, management, treatment of users and so forth. Video games that achieve long-term success rely on game structures that support community building, but within gamification, this aspect has been less emphasized. This paper draws on a case study of the company CCP Games and the community surrounding their game, <i>EVE Online</i>. By utilizing grounded theory, we examined the evolution of gamers' contributions and motivations. This analysis led to a conceptual model that reveals the stages of a player's development within both the game and its community. Unique insights into the community were gathered from semistructured interviews with lead users, supported by secondary data. This paper contributes to community innovation, gaming and gamification literatures by highlighting how approaches to motivation within innovative gaming communities can be beneficial for gamification. It also has practical implications, as a better understanding of community members and their needs can lead to improved innovation and co-creation processes in gaming and non-gaming contexts.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 3","pages":"611-631"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unbundling Hackathon Orchestration Mechanisms: Relational Brokering, Contextual Configuring, and Legitimacy Building","authors":"Christina Haefliger, Paavo Ritala, Henri Hakala","doi":"10.1111/caim.12657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12657","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the orchestration of hackathons targeting the creation of new ideas and innovation. We employed a qualitative case study approach with data collected from hackathon organizers, partners, and solvers at multiple events organized by Ultrahack, a Finnish hackathon organizer. We initially conceptualized hackathon orchestration as a form of coordination that requires brokering in social networks. Building on this background, we empirically identify three types of orchestration mechanisms: orchestration as relational brokering, orchestration as contextual configuring, and orchestration as legitimacy building. We analyse how these mechanisms contribute to the benefits perceived by hackathon solvers and partners. Our study contributes to the academic discourse on orchestration mechanisms in hackathons and offers insights for practitioners managing hackathons and innovation contests, especially from the point of view of third-party orchestrators.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 3","pages":"594-610"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/caim.12657","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144768076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harry Boer, René Chester Goduscheit, Tim Schweisfurth
{"title":"Plagiarism—Not in Creativity and Innovation Management","authors":"Harry Boer, René Chester Goduscheit, Tim Schweisfurth","doi":"10.1111/caim.12654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12654","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>All journals receive manuscripts that include too much text that has been plagiarized, that is, been stolen from, the work of others. Like most journals, we, as the editors of Creativity and Innovation Management, do not accept plagiarism. Full stop. However, what is plagiarism? And how big is the problem for Creativity and Innovation Management? When do we think authors are overstepping the line? What should authors do to prevent plagiarism and what do we, as editors and reviewers, do to prevent it? And how do we act when we find authors overstepping the line?</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 3","pages":"521-527"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liana Mendes de Saboya, Carlos J. F. Cândido, Marisa Isabel Silva Cesário
{"title":"Certification, Maintenance and Decertification of Standardised Innovation Management Systems: Motivations, Barriers and Benefits","authors":"Liana Mendes de Saboya, Carlos J. F. Cândido, Marisa Isabel Silva Cesário","doi":"10.1111/caim.12655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12655","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The role of standardised innovation management systems (SIMS) in fostering organisational innovation has been largely overlooked in the literature. This study addresses this gap by investigating the certification, maintenance and decertification of SIMS. Using a descriptive and inductive methodology, the research analyses primary data from 94 Portuguese organisations with certified SIMS. The findings reveal a strong prevalence of internal motivations for certification, low implementation obstacles and significant benefits, suggesting that these firms have successfully internalised the SIMS standard into their innovation management processes. Maintenance motivations are also strong, particularly internal ones, which align well with the critical success factors for sustaining certification. The benefits of maintaining SIMS are substantial, particularly internal benefits, as initial external motivations for certification often evolve into internal maintenance motivations. Decertification motivations and propensity are weak among the sample firms. Expectations of negative performance impacts following potential decertification are also low, likely because these organisations have effectively internalised the SIMS standard. This study is the first to explore the maintenance and decertification of SIMS, providing evidence that SIMS can deliver substantial benefits, be efficiently maintained and continuously enhance innovation and competitiveness. As a result, most organisations exhibit little interest in decertification. The findings offer significant contributions to research and provide actionable insights for practitioners, suggesting that innovation management systems can indeed be standardised with considerable benefits.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 3","pages":"541-564"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144767913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Press Start’ on Collaboration: Game-Based Practices for Fostering Innovative Collaboration in Online Contexts","authors":"Christopher M. Bernal, Tea Lempiälä","doi":"10.1111/caim.12651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12651","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study explores the potential of game-based practices in enhancing organizational innovation, particularly in the context of remote work. Specifically, we examine how collaborative practices within digital gaming environments can inform and enhance the creation of social capital in remote settings and further facilitate collaborative innovation processes. Existing research predominantly focuses on the use of game-based formats aimed at enhancing idea generation, crowdsourcing, and design processes. However, our research extends this by investigating the sustained application of game-based practices to foster deeper relationships and cultivate a culture of learning in remote work environments. We present insights from a qualitative study involving 28 interviews with technology professionals equipped with gaming backgrounds. Overall, our results reveal three sets of game-based practices that hold promise in supporting innovative collaboration in online settings: (1) Rich use of platforms and expressions to achieve interactional sensitivity, (2) Using games as boundary objects to enable idea flows and candid encounters and (3) Routinizing reflective practices and aligning motivations to cultivate learning cultures. Our study highlights the role of game-based practices in meeting the diverse interactional needs of online collaboration, reducing hierarchical barriers, enabling idea flows and cultivating a learning culture through collective accountability and feedback.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 3","pages":"528-540"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2025-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/caim.12651","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144768047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Connecting the Unconnected: Analogies and the Development of Insight in the Absorptive Capacity Process”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/caim.12653","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12653","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <span>Ng, D.</span>, & <span>Sánchez-Aragon, L.</span> (<span>2024</span>). <span>Connecting the Unconnected: Analogies and the Development of Insight in the Absorptive Capacity Process</span>. <i>Creativity and Innovation Management</i>, <span>33</span>(<span>1</span>), <span>3</span>–<span>20</span>.https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12548.</p><p>The affiliation of one of the authors of this paper was not included in the published article.</p><p>Leonardo Sánchez-Aragón</p><p>Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanísticas, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil, 090902, Ecuador.</p><p>The affiliation of the other author is correct.</p><p>Desmond Ng</p><p>Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA</p><p>We apologise for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 1","pages":"253"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/caim.12653","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143381006","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Getting Crowdsourcing Right: Aligning Crowdsourcing Goals and Decision-Making Processes","authors":"Min Shuai, Nadia Steils, Benoît Gailly","doi":"10.1111/caim.12652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12652","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The mismatch between crowdsourcing goals and decision making across the crowdsourcing process is likely to not only generate participants' negative feelings but also unsatisfactory outcomes. However, the crowdsourcing literature has thus far mainly focused on how to make decisions at each stage of the process, overlooking the alignment between crowdsourcing goals, decision making and project outcome satisfaction. To address this gap, our research conducted in-depth interviews with managers involved in crowdsourcing, triangulated with secondary data from real-life contests to provide a comprehensive analysis. Specifically, we empirically examine the influence of three types of crowdsourcing goals, namely, fishing, hunting and collective production; on decision making at each stage of the crowdsourcing process, that is, ideation, selection, implementation and evaluation. We additionally observe how the alignment between crowdsourcing goals and decision making affects managers' perception and evaluation of the crowdsourcing initiative. We thus contribute to the crowdsourcing and innovation management literature by investigating project-related crowdsourcing decision making in line with predefined crowdsourcing goals and provide a blueprint for managers toward a more effective project management style.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 2","pages":"500-518"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building Capacity for Digital Innovation—A Game-Study","authors":"Kristina Maria Madsen, Jacob Brix","doi":"10.1111/caim.12650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12650","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Organizations are facing a constant stream of emerging technologies that require management and staff to be more flexible, open and critical in exploring new potential. In supporting new digital innovation, an organization will inevitably be affected on the level of strategy, business design and operation. In this paper, we explore games' potential as one approach for building digital innovation capacity in an organization since games have been proven beneficial in early innovation and learning processes. Theoretically, we focus on ‘<i>building digital innovation capacity.’</i> This is understood as a process where the knowledge about digitalization and digital transformation is used to strengthen individuals' skills, abilities and opportunities—knowledge that can be used as a source for organizational learning and development. In this paper, we explore and discuss the role of games in building capacity for digital innovation in established organizations through an empirical study consisting of four game sessions with the game <i>Cards for IoT</i>. Overall, this game study implies three important themes concerning games' role in building capacity for digital innovation in established organizations: <i>gameplay & facilitation</i>, <i>player mindset</i> and <i>contextualization</i>. The perspectives, nuances and insights of the themes are discussed with the literature on capacity building.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 2","pages":"486-499"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesco Antonio Perotti, Ciro Troise, Alberto Ferraris, Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain
{"title":"Bridging Innovation Management and Circular Economy: An Empirical Assessment of Green Innovation and Open Innovation","authors":"Francesco Antonio Perotti, Ciro Troise, Alberto Ferraris, Wan Mohd Hirwani Wan Hussain","doi":"10.1111/caim.12647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12647","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Seeking a successful balance between economic growth and the natural environment, more and more companies are attempting to embrace circular economy (CE). Yet, how to take the first step towards the circular transition? This study answers such a meaningful question by delving into innovation management to support the implementation of CE in businesses. In detail, the present research addresses the nexus between green innovation and CE in economic organisations, besides observing the adoption of open innovation strategies. Green innovation, understood as a learning process through adopting novel practices, technologies or products, has been associated with CE implementation, although their effective relationship has typically been overlooked or assumed. On the other hand, open innovation may further accelerate circular-oriented innovation, encompassing a collaborative approach where companies leverage external ideas and technologies. Using covariance-based structural equation modelling on a sample of 318 European companies, our study examines the interplay between such phenomena. We find that green product and process innovation enable companies to acquire essential resources to implement CE practices, especially when relying upon open innovation mechanisms. As a result, this study demonstrated the synergic adoption of these innovation strategies, offering new insights based on generalisable claims. Building on the resource-based view of the firm, we substantiate the importance of environmental awareness and stakeholders' engagement in innovation processes, as a strategic approach to acquire critical resources and knowledge that facilitate the CE implementation. Accordingly, the article delivers practical recommendations for managerial figures by underlining how to harness innovation management to move their first steps towards the CE transition.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 2","pages":"466-485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/caim.12647","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nadine Gurtner, Sebastian Gurtner, Mario Schaarschmidt
{"title":"Uncovering the Paradox of Affordable Innovation: The Divergent Effect of Innovativeness on Managers' Attitudes Toward Affordable Innovation","authors":"Nadine Gurtner, Sebastian Gurtner, Mario Schaarschmidt","doi":"10.1111/caim.12648","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.12648","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Affordable innovation refers to new products and services that target customers with a low willingness or ability to pay. Although they can provide significant economic and societal benefits, managers often prefer premium innovations to affordable innovations. To understand the factors that lead managers to reject affordable innovations, we hypothesize several antecedents at the individual, firm, and product levels to the individual affordable innovation rejection attitude. We conduct a cross-national study and test a structural equation model with 319 participants from Germany, the United States, and South Africa. The results show that individual innovativeness plays a central but contradictory role in managers' attitudes toward affordable innovation. While general innovativeness leads to positive attitudes toward affordable innovation, technological innovativeness drives rejection of affordable innovation. Individual perceptions of firm-level and product-level factors are also important. Individuals' rejection of affordable innovation in managerial contexts in turn leads to lower investment in affordable innovation projects. We corroborate and enrich these findings also in a qualitative follow-up study. With this research, we contribute to the literature on innovation management by explaining the conditions under which managers reject affordable innovations.</p>","PeriodicalId":47923,"journal":{"name":"Creativity and Innovation Management","volume":"34 2","pages":"443-465"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2024-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/caim.12648","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143902874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}