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Invention Development. The Hackathon Method

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Over last few decades, innovation became one of the most meaningful resources for successful management. In order to spark invention, the first step of innovation, a number of methods have been introduced including hackathon. This paper evaluates 14 hackathons over a period of over 3 years from various perspectives and with an ethnographic approach and different research methods– observation, 36 semi-structured interviews and netnography. Material analysis has been performed with methods of grounder theory, as well as machine learning as a triangulation method. As a result, types and approaches of hackathon, together with a new empirical definition, ways of how this method mitigates drawbacks of brainstorming and a unique relationship between concepts of preparation difficulty and likelihood of desired invention at the hackathon have been introduced and presented.

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  • Maciej Rys, 2023. "Invention Development. The Hackathon Method," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(3), pages 499-511, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:21:y:2023:i:3:p:499-511
    DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2021.1911607
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