REFQUEST: A MULTIPLAYER ON-LINE GAME TO SUPPORT IDEA CREATION IN INNOVATION PROCESSES - An Ideation Game from the Laboranova Project

Heiko Duin, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge

2008

Abstract

Innovation has become the main source for competitive advantage for European industry in the globalised economy. Most innovation processes implemented in companies are based on a stage-gate model starting with an ideation phase. This fuzzy front-end of the innovation process is mostly supported by traditional methods like co-located brainstorming. This paper presents a new approach for idea generation based on a multiplayer on-line computer game. The traditional application area of serious gaming – the field of education and training – is extended by another application: innovation gaming.

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Duin H. and Baalsrud Hauge J. (2008). REFQUEST: A MULTIPLAYER ON-LINE GAME TO SUPPORT IDEA CREATION IN INNOVATION PROCESSES - An Ideation Game from the Laboranova Project . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8111-27-2, pages 447-454. DOI: 10.5220/0001520504470454


in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist08,
author={Heiko Duin and Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge},
title={REFQUEST: A MULTIPLAYER ON-LINE GAME TO SUPPORT IDEA CREATION IN INNOVATION PROCESSES - An Ideation Game from the Laboranova Project},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2008},
pages={447-454},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001520504470454},
isbn={978-989-8111-27-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - REFQUEST: A MULTIPLAYER ON-LINE GAME TO SUPPORT IDEA CREATION IN INNOVATION PROCESSES - An Ideation Game from the Laboranova Project
SN - 978-989-8111-27-2
AU - Duin H.
AU - Baalsrud Hauge J.
PY - 2008
SP - 447
EP - 454
DO - 10.5220/0001520504470454