Journal
DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 303-312Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2009.04.004
Keywords
Open innovation; User innovation communities; Online community; Absorptive capacity; Sources of innovation; Organizational adoption
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Open innovation models suggest that an organization's end users can be a potentially beneficial source for new ideas and innovations. However, incorporating end users raises some interesting challenges regarding how to balance the decision making power between a firm and the user community. Using Diffusion of Innovation Theory, we propose hypotheses based on the perceived attributes of end user ideas and end user promotion efforts. Our findings suggest that the decision to adopt a user innovation was based on the ability of the firm to understand the technical requirements and respond to community concerns regarding the innovation. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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