%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Leveraging Living Lab Innovation Processes through Crowdsourcing %A Anna Ståhlbröst %A Josefin Lassinantti %K citizen %K crowdsourcing %K ICT %K innovation process %K Living lab %K user %X 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. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 28-36 %8 12/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/950 %N 12 %1 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. %2 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. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/950 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T A Living Lab as a Service: Creating Value for Micro-enterprises through Collaboration and Innovation %A Anna Ståhlbröst %K experience-based values %K innovation intermediary %K Living lab %K micro-enterprise %K value %X The need to innovate is increasingly important for all types and sizes of organizations, but the opportunities for innovation differ substantially between them. For micro-, small,- and medium-sized enterprises, innovation activities are both crucial and demanding because of limited resources, competencies, or vision to innovate their offerings. To support these organizations, the concept of living labs as a service has started to emerge. This concept refers to living labs offering services such as designing the idea-generation processes, planning or carrying out real-world tests of innovations, and pre-market launch assessments. In this article, we will present the findings from a study of micro-enterprises operating in the information technology development sector, including the experienced value of services provided to the companies by a research-based living lab. We share experiences from Botnia, our own living lab in northern Sweden. In this living lab, our aim of creating value for customers is of key importance. Our study shows that using a living lab as a service can generate three different types of value: improved innovations, the role the living lab can play, and the support the living lab offers. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 37-42 %8 11/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/744 %N 11 %1 Luleå University of Technology Anna Ståhlbröst is a Senior Lecturer in Social Informatics at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, where she also holds a PhD in Social Informatics. Her research is focused on the phenomena of living labs and open, user-driven innovation processes, with special interest in service innovation and end-user needs and motivations. Anna's research is related to different application areas such as energy, domestic-IT use, and smart cities. She has participated in several international and national innovation and research projects, and she has contributed to the field with more than forty journal and conference articles. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/744