Developing Design Principles for a Service System for Crowd-Based Business Model Validation
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Dellermann, Dominik
;
Lipusch, Nikolaus
;
Ebel, Philipp
Research Team
Crowdsourcing, CCC, IWI6
Abstract
The high uncertainty of creating business models demands entrepreneurs to re-evaluate and continuously adapt them. Therefore, incubators offer validation services. However, systematic, and scalable information systems to enable interaction with a crowd of potential customers, investors, or other stakeholders and entrepreneurs do not exist. Our aim is thus to develop tentative design principles for crowd-based business model validation (CBMV) systems. Such systems should support entrepreneurs to reduce the uncertainty about the validity of their business model. Thus, we apply a theory-driven design approach based on knowledge drawn from literature and complemented by empirical insights. For developing such information systems, we combine the concept of crowdsourcing with findings from research on decision support systems to propose theory-grounded design principles for a CBMV system. The identified design principles describe a potential solution to a problem that previous research proved as viable.
Language
English
Keywords
Business model
Crowdsourcing
Decision support
Entrepreneurship
Service
HSG Classification
contribution to practical use / society
Event Title
Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST)
Event Location
Karlsruhe, Germany
Event Date
30.05.2017 - 01.06.2017
Eprints ID
250839
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