Community-Based Innovation Among Elite Orienteers

dc.contributor.authorNylander, S.
dc.contributor.authorTholander, J.
dc.contributor.editorLewkowicz, Myriam
dc.contributor.editorRohde, Markus
dc.contributor.editorMulder, Ingrid
dc.contributor.editorSchuler, Douglas
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-04T19:54:11Z
dc.date.available2019-04-04T19:54:11Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractWe have studied a form of community innovation within the sport of orienteering, which in the Nordic countries consist of a closely knit group with a strong sense of community. This study shows how the processes for developing new technologies are driven by a strong sense of idealism, with little or no commercial motivation. Thus, this represents a kind of community development and sharing with a number of unique characteristics. While the community is central to participants' endeavours of developing their systems, the participants are not representative of the typical member. On the contrary, they are examples of a minority that put in significant efforts of contributing to the larger group. What we argue is unique about the case we have presented is that the technology development starts out from a few number of highly motivated individuals that through limited collaboration with others builds technologies that get extensive proliferation and use within the community.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3083671.3083696
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-4854-6
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherACM Press, New York
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Communities and Technologies
dc.subjectCommunity innovation
dc.subjectorienteering
dc.subjectsports technology
dc.subjectuser creativity
dc.titleCommunity-Based Innovation Among Elite Orienteersen
dc.typeText/Conference Paper
gi.citation.endPage95
gi.citation.startPage87
gi.conference.dateJune 26-30, 2017
gi.conference.locationTroyes, France
gi.conference.sessiontitleLong Papers
mci.conference.reviewfull

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