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Internet and Innovative Knowledge Evaluation Processes: New Directions for Scientific Creativity?

In: Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations

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  • Pier Franco Camussone

    (Università degli Studi di Trento)

  • Roberta Cuel

    (Università degli Studi di Trento)

  • Diego Ponte

    (Università degli Studi di Trento)

Abstract

This paper explores the evolution in the last decades of scientific knowledge evaluation processes. Both technological improvements (due to the Internet and the Web 2.0) and new theoretical frameworks (e.g., open innovation, open access initiatives, and crowd-sourcing) call for the exploration of new models of scientific knowledge evaluation. Analyzing second-hand data and a representative sample of scientific publishing initiatives, we show that the evaluation processes might be categorized in both incremental and radical innovations. The second group of innovations generates a radical change in the way scientific knowledge is evaluated, by making the process more collaborative, open and interactive. Although the shift to more collaborative approaches is moving slowly, we analyze how these innovative opportunities might have a huge impact on the creativity of the scientific publishing sector.

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  • Pier Franco Camussone & Roberta Cuel & Diego Ponte, 2011. "Internet and Innovative Knowledge Evaluation Processes: New Directions for Scientific Creativity?," Springer Books, in: Alessandro D'Atri & Maria Ferrara & Joey F. George & Paolo Spagnoletti (ed.), Information Technology and Innovation Trends in Organizations, pages 435-442, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-2632-6_49
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2632-6_49
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