Test-Driving the Future: How Design Competitions Are Changing Innovation
探讨了设计竞赛作为创新工具如何重新流行，分析了主办方的创新议程、竞赛架构与治理，以及在线平台如何与开放式创新和众包结合，推动设计竞赛的演变和范围扩展。
Executive Overview As organizations realize the potential of “open innovation” models, design competitions—target-setting events that offer monetary awards and other benefits to contestants—are regaining popularity as an innovation tool. In this paper we look at the innovation agendas of organizations and individuals who sponsor and organize design competitions. We then examine the architecture and governance of such competitions, and explore how open innovation and crowdsourcing, in combination with online platforms, have transformed design competitions. Finally, we look at the evolution of design competitions and highlight their expanding scope and complexity.