How can organizations use wikis for innovation

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1、Technovation31(2011)287–295ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectTechnovationjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/technovationHowcanorganizationsusewikisforinnovation?nCraigStanding,SarahKinitiSchoolofManagement,EdithCowanUniversity,AustraliaarticleinfoabstractAvaila

2、bleonline22March2011Wikiswerefirstdevelopedover15yearsago.Researchhasshownthatorganizationalorcorporatewikisaresustainableandcanbebeneficialtoorganizationsparticularlyinimprovingworkprocesses,Keywords:Wikiscollaborationandknowledgemanagement.However,therehasbeenlittleres

3、earchdonetoshowhowInnovationorganizationscanusewikistosupportinnovationprocesses.Tobridgethisgap,thispaperexploresKnowledgemanagementhowwikiscanbeusedindifferentstagesofinnovation.Wereviewexistingliteratureaswellasanalyzecasestudiesofwikisdeployedinfourorganizationsino

4、rdertohighlighthowwikiscanbeusedtoaddresschallengesofknowledgemanagementandcollaborationindifferentstagesofinnovationfromideagenerationtocommercialization.Inparticular,weproposeamodelthatexplainshowwikisrequireaclearpurposefortheiruse,acultureofcollaboration,andintegra

5、tionwithinaformalinnovationprocess.CrownCopyright&2011PublishedbyElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.1.Introductionwediscussthekeymanagementandorganizationalfactorsthatneedtobeaddressedtomaketheprocesssuccessful.TheoriginalThepurposeofthisstudyistoexplorehowwikiscancontribut

6、ionofthepaperisinmappingtheusesofwikisagainstcontributetoorganizationalinnovation.Thesignificanceofcol-thestagesofinnovationandinidentifyingtheadditionalfactorslaborativesocialnetworksinfosteringorganizationalinnovationthatneedtobeconsideredtomaketheiruseorganizationall

7、yrepresentsaparadigmshiftintheconceptualisationofinnovationeffective.processes.Researchersarguethatinnovationprocessesrequirethesupportofcollaborativetechnologiesbecausetheyhelpinthe2.Thewikiconceptefficientstorageandretrievalofcodifiedknowledge,bringpeopletogethertoinno

8、vate,enabletheformationofvirtualteamstoWikisaresimplydefinedaswebsiteswhicharecollaborativelycarryouttheinnovationproc