College of Computing and Informatics

Department of Computer Science-Postgraduate Program

Course: Research Methods in Computer Science (CoSc571)
Assignment 2 : Assessing Systematic Literature Review Paper

By Abdulmenen Kemer ID: PGP/848/14

Submitted to : Dr. Mesfin Kifile

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
A systematic literature review of open innovation in the
public sector: comparing barriers and governance
strategies of digital and non-digital open innovation
• The field of open digital innovation which is at the intersection of
innovation studies, information systems, information and data
sciences is motivated by the increased empirical significance of ‘open
innovation’ as an industrial innovation model. The economic
significance of open systems of innovation, in which social and
technical actions and practices are intertwined, calls for a deeper
scientific understanding of their inner working structures and
mechanisms. They demand leaders and system designers to be
equipped with skills, tools, and methodologies to successfully realize
innovative products, services, processes or business models in
environments that are increasingly open and collaborative. The field
of digital innovation is the platform for innovation-driven economies
of the future, and is motivated by the rapid pace of digital
technologies that is transforming both business and societies.
• The graduate program’s mission is two-fold. It aims to educate a new
generation of leaders and system designers who are capable of providing new
vision and competencies needed for the contemporary practice of open and
digital innovation in business and industries. The research mission of the
program is to integrate real-world problem solving with scientific inquiry
through user-inspired research. It aims to engage students in action-oriented
field research as well as ‘digital’ innovation experiments, in which students
translate ‘real-world’ problems into scientific questions and develop sound
and rigorous propositions to be tested in a series of experiments (e.g. online
crowdsourcing with an experimental research design), or through data-driven
natural experiments and archival data analysis. Whether students seek a
professional career or aim to pursue a research path, they will be equipped
with foundational knowledge in innovation & strategy, information systems,
and also research methods and statistics.
The program builds upon four pillars:
• Innovation: Foundational competencies to apply, integrate, and
explain theories, models, and tools of innovation that originate from
multiple disciplines such as economics, management, psychology,
sociology, and engineering
• Information systems: Foundational competencies to describe, apply,
and evaluate theories, concepts, and tools of information technology
& information systems, and complex systems thinking
• Data science: Foundational competencies in research inquiry,
research methods, and data science: With the emergence of big data,
data-driven analysis, statistics, and data science have become pivotal
in day-to-day practice of decisions and actions throughout the various
stages of the innovation lifecycle.
Cont…
• Open and digital innovation (Advanced competencies in open
innovation and digital innovation). Building upon the foundational
competencies areas, the program aims to focus the student’s learning
activities on the emerging field of open innovation and/or digital
innovation. The program prepares the students to realize their final
thesis projects in the area of open and digital innovation by
developing new theories, models, and tools that help to explain or
predict complex open or digital innovation, or solving real-world open
and digital innovation problems.
• Research Center for Open & Digital Innovation
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• To provide the students with the opportunity to engage in user-inspired and
data-driven research, the program is closely linked to the research centers in
Discovery Park that provide access to data for empirical research in open
innovation and digital innovation. In particular, the Research Center for Open
Digital Innovation of Purdue University offers students the opportunity to
develop their thesis project in collaboration with the center’s research
projects and data opportunities. Through its partnership with innovative
firms, students may explore opportunities to directly work on thesis projects
that involve technology from its corporate partners. In addition, the center
provides students with the opportunity to design their own digital
experiments or open innovation case studies that involve entrepreneurial
students, hackers, and citizens from the city of West Lafayette and beyond.
Literature Review Body
• Divide the body into subsections for each theme or a methodological
approach. While writing the body of a literature review, keep in mind the
following things.
• Provide an overview of the key points of each source and combine them
coherently.
• Do not just paraphrase other’s research, make your own interpretations where
possible.
• Discuss the significance of your findings in relation to your research.
• State the strengths and weaknesses of the sources.
• Make use of the transitions and topic sentences to write well-structured body
paragraphs.
 Literature Review Conclusion
• Summarize your key findings and emphasize their
significance in the conclusion section.
• While writing a conclusion for a dissertation or thesis,
demonstrate the research gaps and your contributions.
Also, discuss how you have developed the research
framework by using the theories and methods.
• However, a conclusion of a stand-alone literature
review will discuss the overall implications and
suggestions for future research.