Crowdfunding is now established as a valid alternative to conventional methods of financing for startups. Unfortunately, to date, research has not investigated how backers can be encouraged to support entrepreneurs beyond funding. The aim of this study is to design and evaluate certain design...

“Crowdsourcing” is currently one of the most discussed key words among IS and innovation researchers. The major question for both research and business is how to find and lever the enormous potential of the “collective brain” to broaden the scope of “open R&D”. Thus, Communities for...

Research has shown that idea competitions are apromising approach for integrating customers intoopen innovation activities. Furthermore research onopen innovation shows that most innovations are theresult of intensive collaboration processes in whichmany individuals contribute according to...

This paper presents a research project called “GENIE”. It aims at developing a concept for integratingexternal stakeholders into a company’s innovation management through a virtual community. This novelinstrument for opening up a company’s innovation process towards external stakeholders...

This Research in Progress paper analysesusers’ requirements for the development of aVirtual Community (VC) for the academic SAPUCC (University Competence Center) UserGroup. The SAP UCC User Group consists oflecturers and students using SAP Software foreducational purposes. Initially, we are...