Juho Salminen

Cloud-based bibliometric analysis service for systematic mapping studies

There is an increasing number of scientific articles being published, which makes tracking the state of the art more time-consuming. There are software tools available to help with systematic mapping studies in a field of science, but most of these tools are closed source and involve several manual time-consuming steps that could be automated further. We present an open solution as a cloud-based design for bibliographic analysis that makes the research method available for a wider audience.

Collective Intelligence and Practice-Based Innovation: An Idea Evaluation Method Based on Collective Intelligence

Users and customers are becoming increasingly important sources of knowledge due to changes in innovation policies and paradigms. Simultaneously innovation is becoming more of a networking activity. New methods are needed for processing information and ideas coming from multiple sources more effectively. For example, the whole personnel of an organisation are seen as a great potential for innovation. The recent development of communication technologies such as the Internet has increased interest towards the multidisciplinary field of collective intelligence. To investigate the possibilities of collective intelligence, the nest-site selection process of honeybees was used as model for an idea evaluation tool, a prototype of which was then tested in a case organisation. The results were promising; the prototype was able to evaluate ideas effectively, and it was highly accepted in the organisation.

Matrix structure for supporting organisational innovation capability

The importance of an organisation’s capability to produce innovations has been noticed to be increasingly important. Previous literature has discussed appropriate organisational structures for innovation activities. The matrix structure is widely seen to be appropriate for innovation activities, as it aims to capture both the efficiency and specialisation of a functional organisation, as well as the customer focus and flexibility of a multidivisional organisation. The aim of this study is to find out whether a matrix organisational structure supports harnessing hidden innovation capability. The paper presents a study conducted in an organisation specialising in different areas of media business. The analysis shows that turning into a matrix is not an answer to realising all dimensions of innovation capability. The paper contributes to the current understanding by providing guidelines for how innovation capability can be understood in a matrix design, and also by defining guidelines for further research.

Facilitating foreseeing and innovation in SMEs

SMEs operate in business environments that not only change rapidly but also unexpectedly. The need to improve foresight and strengthen the dialogue between foresight, planning, and innovation processes in SMEs is noted. This paper examines what enhances and what hinders the absorption of foresight knowledge in the innovation processes in SMEs. Based on the empirical data gathered by participative observation in 3 workshops and 8 expert interviews, the lack of weak signals or foresight tools are not disincentives. Instead, inherent human features of SMEs seemed to be the main barriers to foreseeing and innovation in Finnish SMEs.

Facilitating user driven innovation trough a Living Lab

User driven innovation is gaining popularity among companies and policy makers (Nesta 2008, Wise E & Högenhaven 2008). User driven innovation is a concept introduced by Eric von Hippel in the 1980s. According to von Hippel (2005), user driven innovation explores the user-experts, such as surgeons who develop their own instruments. The user develops a product but freely reveals it to some other stakeholder, who then takes care of the commercialization. These users are often interest-driven instead of being entrepreneurship-driven; they do not necessarily look for economic benefits. User driven innovation can also be defined as a process of tapping into user knowledge (Wise & Högenhaven 2008). Traditionally, companies and other organizations have approached users in order to improve their innovation activities, but similarly, users can also be the driving force of innovation. How can these innovative users be supported so that their ideas actually become innovations? This paper discusses user driven innovation and describes a case of user based innovation closely connected to the Lahti Living Lab. The paper focuses on the early phases of the innovation process.

Cloud-based Patent and Paper Analysis Tool for Comparative Analysis of Research

In this paper, we present an analysis method that allows the combination of multiple data sources by extending the NAILS bibliometric cloud service, with the focus on the development of a novel cloud-based online infrastructure that enables the user to compare scientific literature and patent data related to a particular technology domain. This cloud-based tool leverages meta-data analysis and text-mining techniques to visualize the semi-structured patent and journal articles data stored on Web of Science database. The designed cloud-based tool can automate the process of patent landscape visualization, scientific literature mapping and provides an independent interface for comparing patent and paper trends on a specific subject. The implementation demonstrates how a flexible plugin system can benefit tools by introducing new data sources. We also present a roadway to fully realize a service oriented analysis service for utilizing open data and discuss the steps required to realize this vision.

Effectiveness of innovation capability development methods

The literature presents numerous methods and practices for facilitating organizational innovation capabilities. Less attention has been paid to indicating the actual impact of these methods on different aspects of innovation capability. The current study focuses on this issue by examining three methods developed to facilitate organizational innovation capabilities and their effects on different aspects of innovation capabilities. The study uses the multiple-case study approach, focusing on the effects of the Handbook of Innovation, Theatre-based methods, and an Innovation Session on innovation capability and how these effects appear in different organizational contexts. The essential issues related to the positive effects of the methods on innovation capability are explored. The study contributes to the literature by showing that innovation capability can be developed by utilizing different kinds of participative methods. In addition, the study contributes to the current literature by presenting what kind of methods can be used to develop certain aspects of innovation capability and how the development works could be organized. The outcome helps managers of organizations select the most suitable method for developing innovation capability. This selection depends on the aspect of the innovation capability that the organization wishes to develop. The study also presents important issues that should be considered when developing innovation capability.

Value creation through measurement of innovation capability – an intellectual capital management perspective

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether prior theories of intellectual capital (IC) management can be utilised in the measurement of innovation capability. The study is based on the current literature on innovation capability and intellectual measurement and management. It examines the match between these two parameters to determine how the measurement and management of innovation capability can best be organised. The paper presents a measurement and management framework for the measurement of innovation capability by taking account of the static and dynamic view of IC. This paper proposes a framework for defining measures of innovation capability performance based on measures derived from the study of IC.