Design and Management of Web-Based Innovation Communities: A Lifecycle Approach

Hallerstede S, Bullinger-Hoffmann A, Möslein K (2012)

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2012

City/Town: Seattle, WA

Event location: Seattle, WA US

Abstract

Nowadays, web-based communities are a popular means to integrate external innovators into the innovation process of organizations. Combining extant research in innovation management and IS management, we integrate open innovation and application lifecycle management (ALM) to present an integrated understanding of the design and management of innovation communities. Therefore, the paper draws on an in-depth explorative case study. We describe the process of community design and management along the phases of ALM. From a socio-technical systems perspective, the manager of an innovation community has to specialize in designing and managing the social subsystem rather than the technical subsystem of an innovation community. Accordingly, we reveal that the community manager’s core asset is a specialized backend that supports these management tasks.

Authors with CRIS profile

Stefan Hallerstede Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation Angelika Bullinger-Hoffmann Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Kathrin Möslein Chair of Information Systems I, Innovation and Value Creation

How to cite

APA:

Hallerstede, S., Bullinger-Hoffmann, A., & Möslein, K. (2012). Design and Management of Web-Based Innovation Communities: A Lifecycle Approach. In Proceedings of the Eighteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. Seattle, WA, US: Seattle, WA.

MLA:

Hallerstede, Stefan, Angelika Bullinger-Hoffmann, and Kathrin Möslein. "Design and Management of Web-Based Innovation Communities: A Lifecycle Approach." Proceedings of the Eighteenth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Seattle, WA Seattle, WA, 2012.

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