Title: From Virtual Teams to Online
Communities: Fostering Group Based Collaboration for Innovation and
Knowledge Management
Abstract: This
paper
contrasts the characteristics of Virtual Teams and Online Communities
with
regard to their potentials for fostering Open Innovation Management. We
develop
scenarios to illustrate the potentially most effective usage for
Virtual
Teams and Open Innovation Communities in an enterprise. We analyze how
discontinuous
innovations are developed in an open company environment. We also
identify
and classify core values, which should be taken into account when
creating
and operating a community effectively. To enhance and transfer our
findings,
we used semi-structured explorative interviews with practitioners
engaged
in the field of Innovation Management.
Authors: Michael
Amberg, Michael Reinhardt, and Matthias Kittler