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Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 1 Idea management stages (IMS).

From: Four-step approach to idea management sequencing: redefining or reinventing values in a business model

1st stage—generation

2nd stage—evaluation

3rd stage continuation

Idea generation—exploring the need, preparation, capture/gathering of ideas, retention, enhancement

Idea evaluation—screening, selection, retention

Continuation of IM—concept development, distribution of ideas, support during implementation with repeated IM and rewarding, retention

Korde and Paulus (2016), Wooten and Ulrich (2015), Summa (2004)

Westerski (2013), Summa (2004)

Summa (2004)

  1. Additional characteristics These systems provide parallelism: the ability for members to exchange information simultaneously (Dennis & Garfield, 2003), anonymity (which enables members to make contributions without attaching their names which is not possible when contributions are made verbally (Dennis & Garfield, 2003), transparency (transparent evaluation process (Summa, 2004) and are applicable for different kind of idea generation and evaluation aims
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