Better Ideation Task Results in Web-Based Idea Management Systems

Elina Mikelsone, Aivars Spilbergs, Jean-Pierre Segers, Tatjana Volkova and Elita Liela
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Elina Mikelsone: Idea Innovation Institute, Ltd., Tomini, Cenu Parish, LV-3018 Jelgava, Latvia
Aivars Spilbergs: Department of Finance, BA School of Business and Finance, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia
Jean-Pierre Segers: Faculty of Engineering Economics and Management, Riga Technical University, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia
Tatjana Volkova: Department of Business Administration, BA School of Business and Finance, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia
Elita Liela: Department of Business Administration, BA School of Business and Finance, LV-1013 Riga, Latvia

Businesses, 2022, vol. 2, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: Web-based idea management systems (IMS) have helped many organisations to adapt their creativity processes to the new way of working in response to the global pandemic. IMS provide a systematic and manageable idea generation and evaluation process in the virtual environment. Many well-known organisations in various industries, for example, Etsy, Panasonic, Sony, Electrolux, and Volvo, use IMS. In this paper, the authors identified a clear research gap—what kind of ideation tasks creates the best idea quality and quantity. The aim of this research is to find out how the different ideation task elements influence the quality and quantity of generated ideas. The following methods were used to fill the gap: (1) literature review (data collection: systematic data collection from scientific databases; data analysis: through content analysis) and (2) global survey of n > 500 organisations with web-based IMS experience (data collection: survey; data analysis: statistical inference). The results provide insight into: (1) correlations between the number of created ideation tasks and idea quality and quantity, (2) how results are affected by the duration of ideation tasks, and (3) analysis of different ideation task types and their impact on results.

Keywords: idea management systems; results; tasks; innovation; management; ideation; web-based; technology; ideation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2022
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