The case of the Ideenschmiede
ISBN
978-0-9559367-4-6
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-05-23
Author(s)
Research Team
iw6-init
Abstract
Online communities are a very interactive place where patients communicate with each other about diseases, therapies, how to deal with diseases and about personal experiences made. They also develop and share innovative ideas, which shall make their all day life easier. But this happens mostly in an unsystematic and uncontrolled manor. To support this ideation process we developed a module called “Ideenschmiede”, which extends existing online patient communities in order to support the collaborative and systematic idea development. For doing so we looked out for an existing online community within the healthcare sector, in which patients already develop ideas. Against this backdrop, this research in progress article addresses the following question: “How can existing online communiti
Language
English
Keywords
Open Innovation
Healthcare
Online Communities
CCC
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Book title
Creating & Capturing Value through R&D Management and Innovation
Publisher
Agence Prisme
Start page
71
Event Title
R&D Management Conference (RADMA) 2012
Event Location
Grenoble, France
Event Date
23.-25.05.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
219791
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