How do collaborative practices contribute to innovation in large organizations? The case of Hackathons

Abstract

Hackathons are breaking into the corporate world as collaborative practices that promise endless possibilities for innovation. Nevertheless, how these practices contribute to innovation in organisations remains implicit or is not stated directly in the literature. Additionally, most of the research on this topic is not framed in innovation literature and studies have mainly been conducted in the fields of medicine and software. In this regard, this article presents an inductive study on how hackathons contribute to innovation in large organisations (...)