TY - JOUR T1 - Leveraging Living Lab Innovation Processes through Crowdsourcing JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Anna Ståhlbröst A1 - Josefin Lassinantti KW - citizen KW - crowdsourcing KW - ICT KW - innovation process KW - Living lab KW - user AB - Around the globe, crowdsourcing initiatives are emerging and contributing in a diversity of areas, such as in crisis management and product development and to carry out micro-tasks such as translations and transcriptions. The essence of crowdsourcing is to acknowledge that not all the talented people work for you; hence, crowdsourcing brings more perspectives, insights, and visions to, for instance, an innovation process. In this article, we analyze how crowdsourcing can contribute to the different stages of innovation processes carried out in living labs and thus contribute to living labs by strengthening their core role as innovation process facilitators. We have also identified benefits and challenges that need to be grappled with for managers of living labs to make it possible for the crowd to fully support their cause. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/950 IS - 12 U1 - Luleå University of Technology Anna Ståhlbröst is Associate Professor in Information Systems at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Her research is focused on the phenomena of living labs and open, user-driven innovation processes, with special interest in end-user needs and motivations. Anna's research is related to different application areas such as domestic IT use, energy efficiency, and smart cities. She has participated in several international and national innovation and research projects, and she is currently involved in the projects IoT Lab, USEMP, and Privacy Flag, which are financed by the European Commission. Anna has contributed to the field with more than forty journal and conference articles. U2 - Luleå University of Technology Josefin Lassinantti is a PhD student in Information Systems at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden, where she received a licentiate degree in 2014. Her research focuses on open data as an arena for citizen innovation and value creation by applying a social constructivist lens and adding theories from the innovation field, thus aiming to contribute to the field of public administration and e-government. In parallel with research, she teaches courses related to design of mobile and computer interactions, with a special interest in maintaining a good balance between acknowledging both the innovative possibilities of new ICT as well as its societal consequences. Josefin is also involved in the IoT Lab project, financed by the European Union's 7th Framework Programme. ER -