Collective Intelligence and Practice-Based Innovation: An Idea Evaluation Method Based on Collective Intelligence

Juho Salminen () and Vesa Harmaakorpi
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Juho Salminen: Lappeenranta University of Technology
Vesa Harmaakorpi: Lappeenranta University of Technology

Chapter Chapter 12 in Practice-Based Innovation: Insights, Applications and Policy Implications, 2012, pp 213-232 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Users and customers are becoming increasingly important sources of knowledge due to changes in innovation policies and paradigms. Simultaneously innovation is becoming more of a networking activity. New methods are needed for processing information and ideas coming from multiple sources more effectively. For example, the whole personnel of an organisation are seen as a great potential for innovation. The recent development of communication technologies such as the Internet has increased interest towards the multidisciplinary field of collective intelligence. To investigate the possibilities of collective intelligence, the nest-site selection process of honeybees was used as model for an idea evaluation tool, a prototype of which was then tested in a case organisation. The results were promising; the prototype was able to evaluate ideas effectively, and it was highly accepted in the organisation.

Keywords: Nest Site; Innovation Process; Collective Intelligence; Case Organisation; Group Decision Support System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21723-4_12

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