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Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lehrstuhl für BWL,
insb. Wirtschaftsinformatik I
Prof. Dr. Kathrin M. Möslein
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nürnberg
Tel: +49 (0) 911 5302-284
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adamczyk
Sabrina Adamczyk graduated in 2009 from the Technical University of Munich with a Master in business administration (Dipl.-Kffr.). Her majors were information and organization management as well as technology and innovation management. Aside from the management side she studied chemistry as a technical minor. In the course of her studies she spent one semester at the Bordeaux Business School in France. She gained practical experience during several internships and projects with firms like TRW Airbag Systems GmbH, Siemens AG, Qimonda AG, Linde AG and several others.
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My dissertation deals with the management of web-based innovation contests and in particular with challenges of facilitation on the provided online platform, i.e. the assistance of participants in the web-based innovation contest. Facilitation can play a crucial role in establishing and sustaining an innovation contest and - from an organizer's as well as participant's point of view - in achieving high satisfaction with the innovation contest and its outcome. By analyzing expired innovation contests and, in addition, by self-organizing and conducting innovation contests, I propose to investigate facilitation in regards to its tasks, impact and design.
I undertake explorative as well as exploitative research to meet my research goals which are listed below:
- Identifying the critical tasks that should be taken into consideration when facilitating participants in innovation contests.
- Understanding the importance and impact of facilitation in innovation contests.
- Identifying most important instruments and steps for designing and implementing facilitation in innovation contests.
Key words: open innovation, innovation contests, facilitation, online platform