Business Innovation is key to the continuing prosperity of firms and to the resolution of environmental and societal grand challenges alike. It has, therefore, become one of the core fields of academic inquiry of our times. It is, however, also an inherently inter-disciplinary subject, inviting contributions from a variety of disciplines. Due to their diverse backgrounds, scholars interested in business innovation frequently lack a “common language” and a shared base of knowledge to integrate their individual contributions effectively.This revised and updated edition starts with the fundamental considerations concerning the role of theories, different types of theories, and different forms of logical reasoning in this field. It goes on to present seven different schools of thought about business innovation, before concluding with the main theories currently used to study business innovation.‘Exploring the Field of Business Innovation’ aims at making this domain more accessible to scholars irrespective of their background and career stage, fostering the inter-disciplinary debate, and inspiring researchers to look at this phenomenon from new and different angles.

Business Innovation is key to the continuing prosperity of firms and to the resolution of environmental and societal grand challenges alike. It has, therefore, become one of the core fields of academic inquiry of our times. It is, however, also an inherently inter-disciplinary subject, inviting contributions from a variety of disciplines. Due to their diverse backgrounds, scholars interested in business innovation frequently lack a “common language” and a shared base of knowledge to integrate their individual contributions effectively.This revised and updated edition starts with the fundamental considerations concerning the role of theories, different types of theories, and different forms of logical reasoning in this field. It goes on to present seven different schools of thought about business innovation, before concluding with the main theories currently used to study business innovation.‘Exploring the Field of Business Innovation’ aims at making this domain more accessible to scholars irrespective of their background and career stage, fostering the inter-disciplinary debate, and inspiring researchers to look at this phenomenon from new and different angles.

​Absorptive Capacity ist der limitierende Faktor für die Nutzung des quasi unerschöpflichen Innovationspotenzials von Open Innovation Communities. In vier Fallstudien untersucht Ivo Blohm die Selektion von Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities im Kontext der Absorptionsprozesse und -kompetenzen von Community-Betreibern. Anhand der Fallstudien zeigt der Autor, wie Community-Betreiber Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities absorbieren, welche IT-basierte Kompetenzen dafür entwickelt werden müssen und wie Mechanismen derkollektiven Ideenbewertung, mit denen Community-Nutzer Ideen gemeinschaftlich bewerten können, die Prozesse der Ideenselektion und -absorption vereinfachen. Die Gestaltung solcher Bewertungsmechanismen wird in drei Experimenten evaluiert, in denen Klassifikationsgüte und Akzeptanz von Bewertungsskalen und Informationsmärkten verglichen werden.

​Absorptive Capacity ist der limitierende Faktor für die Nutzung des quasi unerschöpflichen Innovationspotenzials von Open Innovation Communities. In vier Fallstudien untersucht Ivo Blohm die Selektion von Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities im Kontext der Absorptionsprozesse und -kompetenzen von Community-Betreibern. Anhand der Fallstudien zeigt der Autor, wie Community-Betreiber Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities absorbieren, welche IT-basierte Kompetenzen dafür entwickelt werden müssen und wie Mechanismen derkollektiven Ideenbewertung, mit denen Community-Nutzer Ideen gemeinschaftlich bewerten können, die Prozesse der Ideenselektion und -absorption vereinfachen. Die Gestaltung solcher Bewertungsmechanismen wird in drei Experimenten evaluiert, in denen Klassifikationsgüte und Akzeptanz von Bewertungsskalen und Informationsmärkten verglichen werden.

Business Innovation is key to the continuing prosperity of firms and to the resolution of environmental and societal grand challenges alike. It has, therefore, become one of the core fields of academic inquiry of our times. It is, however, also an inherently inter-disciplinary subject, inviting contributions from a variety of disciplines. Due to their diverse backgrounds, scholars interested in business innovation frequently lack a “common language” and a shared base of knowledge to integrate their individual contributions effectively.This revised and updated edition starts with the fundamental considerations concerning the role of theories, different types of theories, and different forms of logical reasoning in this field. It goes on to present seven different schools of thought about business innovation, before concluding with the main theories currently used to study business innovation.‘Exploring the Field of Business Innovation’ aims at making this domain more accessible to scholars irrespective of their background and career stage, fostering the inter-disciplinary debate, and inspiring researchers to look at this phenomenon from new and different angles.

Business Innovation is key to the continuing prosperity of firms and to the resolution of environmental and societal grand challenges alike. It has, therefore, become one of the core fields of academic inquiry of our times. It is, however, also an inherently inter-disciplinary subject, inviting contributions from a variety of disciplines. Due to their diverse backgrounds, scholars interested in business innovation frequently lack a “common language” and a shared base of knowledge to integrate their individual contributions effectively.This revised and updated edition starts with the fundamental considerations concerning the role of theories, different types of theories, and different forms of logical reasoning in this field. It goes on to present seven different schools of thought about business innovation, before concluding with the main theories currently used to study business innovation.‘Exploring the Field of Business Innovation’ aims at making this domain more accessible to scholars irrespective of their background and career stage, fostering the inter-disciplinary debate, and inspiring researchers to look at this phenomenon from new and different angles.

​Absorptive Capacity ist der limitierende Faktor für die Nutzung des quasi unerschöpflichen Innovationspotenzials von Open Innovation Communities. In vier Fallstudien untersucht Ivo Blohm die Selektion von Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities im Kontext der Absorptionsprozesse und -kompetenzen von Community-Betreibern. Anhand der Fallstudien zeigt der Autor, wie Community-Betreiber Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities absorbieren, welche IT-basierte Kompetenzen dafür entwickelt werden müssen und wie Mechanismen derkollektiven Ideenbewertung, mit denen Community-Nutzer Ideen gemeinschaftlich bewerten können, die Prozesse der Ideenselektion und -absorption vereinfachen. Die Gestaltung solcher Bewertungsmechanismen wird in drei Experimenten evaluiert, in denen Klassifikationsgüte und Akzeptanz von Bewertungsskalen und Informationsmärkten verglichen werden.

​Absorptive Capacity ist der limitierende Faktor für die Nutzung des quasi unerschöpflichen Innovationspotenzials von Open Innovation Communities. In vier Fallstudien untersucht Ivo Blohm die Selektion von Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities im Kontext der Absorptionsprozesse und -kompetenzen von Community-Betreibern. Anhand der Fallstudien zeigt der Autor, wie Community-Betreiber Ideen aus Open Innovation Communities absorbieren, welche IT-basierte Kompetenzen dafür entwickelt werden müssen und wie Mechanismen derkollektiven Ideenbewertung, mit denen Community-Nutzer Ideen gemeinschaftlich bewerten können, die Prozesse der Ideenselektion und -absorption vereinfachen. Die Gestaltung solcher Bewertungsmechanismen wird in drei Experimenten evaluiert, in denen Klassifikationsgüte und Akzeptanz von Bewertungsskalen und Informationsmärkten verglichen werden.