Books
Pursuing new ideas is clearly the way to gain business advantage in the new millennium. But it's not enough to simply chase after ideas that have already happened. To truly benefit, individuals and organizations have to foster the new creative impulses around them. Coolfarming shows readers how they, like bee keepers, can nurture exciting trends and unleash their creative swarm's output of "next big ideas." Featuring real life examples from Linux to Twilight, from Procter & Gamble to Apple, Coolfarming provides readers with invaluable insight on how to: Provide a fertile nurturing ground for developing…
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Swarm Creativity introduces a powerful new concept-Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs. Its aim is to make the concept of COINs as ubiquitous among business managers as any methodology to enhance quality and competitive advantage. The difference though is that COINs are nothing like other methodologies. A COIN is a cyberteam of self-motivated people with a collective vision, enabled by technology to collaborate in achieving a common goal--n innovation-by sharing ideas, information, and work. It is no exaggeration to state that COINs are the most productive engines of innovation ever. COINs have been around for hundreds…
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What do the iPod, MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube all have in common? They're fresh, they're hot, and most importantly--they're cool. But while many companies embark on the eternal quest for the next big thing, very few know how to actually find it. Coolhunting will take you into the very heart of the search and show you how to find trendsetters, spot innovations, and turn brilliant ideas into hot new trends. Major companies like Starbucks and Procter & Gamble have already discovered the power of coolhunting. Now, you can learn how to:* Tap into the principles…
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- Gloor, P. Social Webs of Innovation, 2004. online draft manuscript
- Gloor, P. Making the e-Business Transformation: Sharing Knowledge in the e-Business Company, Springer, London, 2000.
- Gloor, P. Elements of Hypermedia Design: Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace. Birkhäuser, Cambridge MA, 1997. (Also available at http://www.ickn.org/elements/index.htm)
- Gloor, P. Dynes, S. Lee, I. Animated Algorithms. MIT Press, 1993. (CD-ROM)
Papers
- Nann, S. Krauss, J.S Schober, M. Gloor, P. Fischbach, K. Fuehres, H. (2010): The Power of Alumni Networks - Success of Startup Companies Correlates with Online Social Network Structure of its Founders. CCI Working Paper 2010-001.
Available at: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
- Fuehres, H. Krauss, J. Nann, S. Gloor, P. Schoder, D. Dynamic Bag-of-Word Construction through Amazon Customer Reviews. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Krauss, J. Nann, S. Fuehres, H. Gloor, P. Predicting Oscars Through Semantic Web Mining. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Nann, S. Krauss, J. Fuehres, H. Gloor, P. Fischbach, K. Identifying Influentials by Example - the MVP (Most Valuable Player) Algorithm. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Jain, A. Gloor, P. Fuehres, H. Nann, S. Krauss, J. Predicting Asset Value Performance through Web Trend Analysis. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Nemoto, K. Gloor, P. Laubacher, R. Motivation and Embeddedness of Wikipedia Editors. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Larimer, D. Rausche, G. Goel, K. Becker, M. Gloor, P. Identifying Educational Innovation Through Semantic SNA. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Lassenius, C. Niinimäki, T. Piri, A. Olguin Olguin, D. Gloor, P. Measuring Programmer Creativity Through Sociometric Badges. Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Oster, D. Putzke, J. Steinfels, S. Fischbach, K. Gloor, P. Schoder, D.Tell your customers what they really want to hear! - Improving the effectiveness of advertising campaigns in the financial sector using SNA on the Web2.0.
Proc. Sunbelt 2010, Lago Di Garda,
2010
- Putzke, J, Fischbach, K. Schoder, D. Gloor, P. The Evolution of Interaction Networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Games, Journal of the Association of Information Systems, in print 2010
- Fischbach, K. Gloor, P. Lassenius, C. Olguin Olguin, D. Putzke, J. Schoder, D. Analyzing the Flow of Knowledge with Social Badges. Proceedings COINs 2009, Collaborative Innovations Networks Conference, Savannah GA, Oct 8-11, 2009
- Doshi, L. Krauss, J. Nann, S. Gloor, P. Predicting Movie Prices Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Proceedings COINs 2009, Collaborative Innovations Networks Conference, Savannah GA, Oct 8-11, 2009
- Nann, S. Krauss, J. Schober, M. Gloor, P. Fischbach, K. Fuehres, H. Comparing the structure of virtual entrepreneur networks with business effectiveness. Proceedings COINs 2009, Collaborative Innovations Networks Conference, Savannah GA, Oct 8-11, 2009
- Iba, T. Nemoto, K. Peters, B. Gloor, P. Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Proceedings COINs 2009, Collaborative Innovations Networks Conference, Savannah GA, Oct 8-11, 2009
- Merten, F. Gloor, P. Too Much E-Mail Decreases Job Satisfaction. Proceedings COINs 2009, Collaborative Innovations Networks Conference, Savannah GA, Oct 8-11, 2009
- Grippa, F. Gloor, P. You Are Who Remembers You. Detecting Leadership Through Accuracy of Recall. Social Networks, Elsevier. August 11, 2009
- Waber, B.N. Wu. L. Pentland, A. Gloor, P. Aral, S, Lazer, D. Brynjolfsson, E. Reality Mining: Using Sociometric Badges for Automated Behavioral Data Collection. Workshop at the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting
Saturday, August 8, 2009
- Allen, T. Raz, O.. Gloor, P. Does Geographic Clustering Still Benefit High Tech New Ventures? The Case of the Cambridge/Boston Biotech Cluster. MIT ESD-WP-2009-01 working paper 2009
- Kang, M. Gloor, P. Comparing Online Behavior in Korea and the US: Yahoo Answers Versus Naver Knowledge-IN. ickn technical report. 2009
- Gloor, P. Krauss, J. Nann, S, Fischbach, K. Schoder, D. Web Science 2.0: Identifying Trends through Semantic Social Network Analysis. IEEE Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-09), Aug 29-31, Vancouver, 2009.
- Egger, M. Fischbach, K. Gloor, P. Lang, A. Sprenger, M. Deriving Taxonomies from Automatic Analysis of Group
Membership Structure in Large Social Networks. Proc GI Annual Meeting 28 Sept-2. Oct, 2009. Luebeck, Springer Lecture Notes in Informatics. 2009.
- Gloor, P. Krauss, J. Nann, S.
Coolfarming - How Cool People Create Cool Trends. Proc 5th EduMedia Conference: Digital Creativity and Innovation in the Web 2.0, Salzburg, Austria, 04.-05. May 2009.
- Samarth, C. Gloor, P.
Process Efficiency Redesigning Social Networks to Improve Surgery Patient Flow. Journal of Healthcare Information Management, Winter 2009 volume 23 / Number 1
- Olguin Olguin, D. Gloor, P. Pentland, A.
Capturing Individual and Group Behavior with Wearable Sensors. Proc AAAI 2009 Spring Symposium, Stanford, March 23-25.
- DiMaggio, M. Gloor, P. Passiante, G. Collaborative Innovation Networks, Virtual Communities, and Geographical Clustering. International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol 1, No. 4, 2009, pp. 387 - 404
- Fischbach, K, Gloor, P. Schoder, D. Analysis of Informal Communication Networks - A Case Study. Business & Information Systems Engineering 2 | 2009, February 2009 (also in German).
- Egger, M. Fischbach, K. Gloor, P. Lang, A. Sprenger, M. How to Identify Successful Actors of the Flickr Community and How to Determine Their Attributes. In: Springer Lecture Notes in Informatics, No. 134, 2008, pp. 947-952
- Krauss, J. Nann, S. Simon, D. Fischbach, K.Gloor, P. Predicting Movie Success and Academy Awards Through Sentiment and Social Network Analysis. Proc. European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS), Galway, Ireland, June 9-11, 2008
- Gloor, P. Oster, D. Raz, O. Pentland, A. Schoder, D. "The Virtual Mirror - Reflecting on Your Social and Psychological Self to Increase Organizational Creativity", July 2008, SSRN http://ssrn.com/abstract=1327521. to appear in Journal on International Studies of Management & Organization, M.E Sharpe. Summer 2010 vol. 40, no. 2
- Gloor, Peter A.; Kidane, Yared H.; Grippa, Francesca; Marmier, Pascal; Von Arb, Christoph (2008): Location Matters - Measuring the Efficiency of Business Social Networking. International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy 4 (3-4), S. 230-245.
- Gloor, P. Oster, D. Putzke, J. Fischbach, K. Schoder, D. Ara, K. Kim, T. Laubacher, R. Mohan, A. Olguin Olguin, D. Pentland, A. Waber, B. Studying Microscopic Peer-to-Peer Communication Patterns. Proc. AMCIS Americas Conference on Information Systems, Keystone, Colorado, Aug. 9-12, 2007
- Gloor, P. Coolhunting for Trends on the Web. (invited paper) Proc. IEEE 2007 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, Orlando, May 21-25, 2007
- Gloor, P. Cooper, S. "The New Principles of a Swarm Business" . Sloan Management Review. April 2007
- Gloor, P. Paasvaara, M. Schoder, D. Willems, P. Finding Collaborative Innovation Networks Through Correlating Performance With Social Network Structure. Journal of Production Research , Taylor and Francis, April 2007
- Raz, O. Gloor, P. Size Really Matters - New Insights for Startup's Survival, Management Science, February 2007
- Gloor, P. Richardet, R. Coolhunting on the Web and in the Blogosphere. Sunbelt 2007, Corfu, Greece, May 2-6 2007.
- Grippa, F. Gloor, P. Selective Memories Favor Influentials. Sunbelt 2007, Corfu, Greece, May 2-6 2007.
- Marte, A. Gloor, P. Trust Me! - Analyzing Global Leadership Networks. Sunbelt 2007, Corfu, Greece, May 2-6 2007.
- Oster, D. Gloor, P. Optimizing Service and Innovation Teams Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Sunbelt 2007, Corfu, Greece, May 2-6 2007.
- Seehawer, T. Fischbach, K. Schoder, D. Gloor, P. Germany Incorporated - The influence of interlocking directorates and intercorporate shareholdings on business performance. Sunbelt 2007, Corfu, Greece, May 2-6 2007.
- Kidane, Y. Gloor, P. Correlating temporal communication patterns of the Eclipse open source community with performance and creativity, Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory. Volume 13, Issue 1 (March 2007), ISSN:1381-298X, 17 - 27, 2007
- Zilli, A. Grippa, F. Gloor, P. Laubacher, R. One in Four Is Enough - Strategies for Selecting Ego Mailboxes for a Group Network View. Proc. European Conference on Complex Systems ECCS '06, Sept. 25-29, Oxford UK, 2006
- Gloor, P. Paasviaara, M. Schoder, D. Willems, P. Correlating Performance with Social Network Structure Through Teaching Social Network Analysis. Proc. Pro-Ve 06, 7th IFIP Conference on Working Enterprises, Sep.25-27, Helsinki, 2006.
- Gloor, P. Zhao, Y. Analyzing Actors and Their Discussion Topics by Semantic Social Network Analysis, Proceedings of 10th IEEE International Conference on Information
Visualisation IV06, London, 5-7 July 2006.
- Schiefer, S. Tegethoff, L. Gloor, P. Analyzing the Social Network of Wikinews Contributors, MIT CCS working paper, 2006.
- Grippa, F. Zilli, A. Laubacher, R. Gloor, P. E-mail May Not Reflect The Social Network, NAACSOS
Conference, June 22 - 23, Notre Dame IN, North American Association
for Computational Social and Organizational Science, 2006
- Zilli, A. Grippa, F. Gloor, P. Laubacher, R. One in Four Is Enough - Strategies for Selecting Ego Mailboxes for a Group Network View, extended abstract for Sunbelt 2006, Vancouver, April 26-29, 2006.
- Gloor, P. Zhao, Y. Visualizing Temporal Social Networks in Context - Adding Content Analysis to TeCFlow, Abstract for Sunbelt 2006, Vancouver, April 26-29, 2006.
- Gloor, P. Niepel, S, Li, Y. Identifying Potential Suspects by Temporal Link Analysis. MIT CCS working paper, Jan. 2006
- Joo, S. Gloor, P. Schnorf, S. Detection of Power User Patterns Among High School Students in a Mobile Communication Network.
Power Users of ICT International Symposium, Costa Rica, Aug.8-10, 2005
- Gloor,
P. Capturing
Team Dynamics Through Temporal Social Surfaces,
Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Information
Visualisation IV05, London, 6-8 July 2005.
- Kidane,
Y. Gloor, P. Correlating
Temporal Communication Patterns of the Eclipse Open Source
Community with Performance and Creativity,
NAACSOS
Conference, June 26 - 28, Notre Dame IN, North American Association
for Computational Social and Organizational Science, 2005.
- Gloor,
P. Zhao, Y. Visualizing
Time in Social Networks with TeCFlow,
(Web document) submitted, 2005.
- Gloor,
P. Borrowing from
Computer Music to Describe Temporal Aspects of Social Networks,
Abstract for Sunbelt 2005, Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, Feb
16-20, 2005.
- Gloor,
P. Zhao, Y. TeCFlow
- A Temporal Communication Flow Visualizer for Social Networks
Analysis,
ACM CSCW Workshop on Social Networks. ACM CSCW Conference,
Chicago, Nov. 6. 2004.
- Gloor,
P. Laubacher, R. Zhao, Y. Dynes, S. Temporal
Visualization and Analysis of Social Networks,
NAACSOS
Conference, June 27 - 29, Pittsburgh PA, North American Association
for Computational Social and Organizational Science, 2004.
- Gloor,
P. Laubacher, R. Zhao, Y. Dynes,S. Schrott, G. Trying
to Correlate Temporal Communication Patterns of Online Communities
with Innovation,
Presentation at Sunbelt, Social Networks Analysis Conference,
Portoroz, Slovenia, May 13-16, 2004.
- Gloor,
P. Zhao, Y. A Temporal
Visualization of a Web Community. Quicktime movie shown
at Sunbelt 2004.
- Gloor,
P. Heckman, C. Makedon, F. Ethical
Issues in Virtual Communities of Innovation. Ethicomp
2004, the 7th International Conference on the Social and Ethical
Impacts of Information and Communcation Technologies, Syros,
Greece, April 14-16. 2004
- Gloor,
P. Laubacher, R. Dynes, S. Zhao, Y. Visualization
of Communication Patterns in Collaborative Innovation Networks:
Analysis of some W3C working groups. ACM CKIM International
Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, New Orleans,
Nov 3-8, 2003.
- Gloor,
P. Laubacher, R. Dynes, S. Zhao, Y. Visualization
of Interaction Patterns in Collaborative Knowledge Networks
for Medical Applications, Proc. HCII, Crete, June 25-27,
2003.
- Gloor,
P. Collaborative Knowledge Networks. eJETA electronic Journal
on E-Business Technologies and Applications, Vol 1, No 3,
2002. www.ejeta.org
- Deloitte
Consulting, Collaborative
Knowledge Networks: Driving Workforce Performance Through
Web-Enabled Communities, 2001