INNOVATION MINING - Supporting Web Mining in Early Innovation Phases

Jan Finzen, Maximilien Kintz

2011

Abstract

Fraunhofer IAO conducted a study among 1,000 German innovation professionals regarding their web-based information acquisition needs. The study showed the need for search tools and methods optimised for the target group of innovation professionals. In this paper we deduce accordant concepts from the study’s results. We suggest an “Innovation Mining Process” as a structured approach to web-based information acquisition for early innovation phases. Our software prototype - the Innovation Mining Cockpit (IMC) - picks up essential concepts of this process and implements them as an easy-to-use web portal. The IMC is intended as a central point of contact for innovation-related search activities.

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Finzen J. and Kintz M. (2011). INNOVATION MINING - Supporting Web Mining in Early Innovation Phases . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8425-51-5, pages 241-247. DOI: 10.5220/0003276202410247


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@conference{webist11,
author={Jan Finzen and Maximilien Kintz},
title={INNOVATION MINING - Supporting Web Mining in Early Innovation Phases},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2011},
pages={241-247},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003276202410247},
isbn={978-989-8425-51-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - INNOVATION MINING - Supporting Web Mining in Early Innovation Phases
SN - 978-989-8425-51-5
AU - Finzen J.
AU - Kintz M.
PY - 2011
SP - 241
EP - 247
DO - 10.5220/0003276202410247