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TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving the front end of innovation with information technology
AU - Gordon, Seven R.
AU - Tarafdar, Monideepa
AU - Cook, Robert
AU - Maximoski, Richard
AU - Rogowitz, Bernice
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The so-called fuzzy front end would seem to be the stage of innovation least suited to the use of information systems and technology, tools usually applied to repeatable processes and those amenable to formal specification. Yet, many companies have learned that information technology can help increase their innovators' productivity even before those innovations become formal projects. Information systems can help with collaboration, knowledge sharing, competitive intelligence, and in many other ways to help people generate ideas that are both creative and potentially valuable. This research examines the best practices of companies that use information technology to support the front end of their innovation processes.
AB - The so-called fuzzy front end would seem to be the stage of innovation least suited to the use of information systems and technology, tools usually applied to repeatable processes and those amenable to formal specification. Yet, many companies have learned that information technology can help increase their innovators' productivity even before those innovations become formal projects. Information systems can help with collaboration, knowledge sharing, competitive intelligence, and in many other ways to help people generate ideas that are both creative and potentially valuable. This research examines the best practices of companies that use information technology to support the front end of their innovation processes.
KW - FRONT END OF INNOVATION
KW - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
KW - IDEA GENERATION
KW - COLLABORATION
M3 - Journal article
VL - 51
SP - 50
EP - 58
JO - Research-Technology Management
JF - Research-Technology Management
SN - 1930-0166
IS - 3
ER -