Title: Unified collaborative innovation framework

Authors: Ioannis Patiniotakis; Dimitris Apostolou; Gregoris Mentzas

Addresses: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR-10682, Greece. ' Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, Karaoli and Dimitriou 80, Piraeus, GR-18534, Greece. ' Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GR-10682, Greece.

Abstract: Successful companies consider innovation as a manageable process that can lead to new idea generation and consequently result in significant benefits. For this reason, many researchers have proposed frameworks that help companies become more innovative in a systematic and perennial way. In this paper, we present the unified collaborative innovation framework (UCIF), a novel framework with many innovative features such as an environment-stimulated process and a multi-dimensional perspective. UCIF encompasses knowledge management activities and concepts as integral parts of innovation, and adopts an open and participatory approach to innovation. Furthermore, we present the findings of a literature review for innovation frameworks, along with a comparative analysis.

Keywords: innovation management; knowledge management; KM; collaborative innovation; participatory innovation; unified frameworks; collaborative frameworks; innovation frameworks; idea generation; innovative companies; systematic approaches; perennial approaches; environment-stimulated processes; multi-dimensional perspectives; open innovation; literature reviews; comparative analyses; learning; intellectual capital.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2012.047287

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2012 Vol.9 No.3, pp.260 - 275

Published online: 04 Sep 2014 *

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