How do collaborative practices contribute to innovation in large organizations? The case of Hackathons

Hackathons are breaking into the corporate world as collaborative practices that promise endless possibilities for innovation. Nevertheless, how these practices contribute to innovation in organisations remains implicit or is not stated directly in the literature. Additionally, most of the research...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Granados, Cristian, Pareja Eastaway, Montserrat
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/216267
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/216267
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gestió de la innovació
Innovation management
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Sumario:Hackathons are breaking into the corporate world as collaborative practices that promise endless possibilities for innovation. Nevertheless, how these practices contribute to innovation in organisations remains implicit or is not stated directly in the literature. Additionally, most of the research on this topic is not framed in innovation literature and studies have mainly been conducted in the fields of medicine and software. In this regard, this article presents an inductive study on how hackathons contribute to innovation in large organisations (...)