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ArticlePublication Metadata only The ultimate co-creation: leveraging customer input in business model innovation(Springer, 2019-12) Kim, S.; Bowen, M.; Wen, Xiaohan Hannah; Business Administration; WEN, XıaohanIn order to stay competitive, organizations need to regularly revamp and innovate their business model (BM). A key catalyst for innovation—acknowledged by managers as well as academics—is input from customers. However, the functional aspect of customer input in the process of business model innovation (BMI) is still ambiguous. In this paper, we explore the role of customers in the process of BMI and propose a conceptual model that links customer input to BMI success. Particularly, our model demonstrates how customer input is generated and how organizations can efficiently and effectively manage such input to enhance the performance of their newly innovated BM. This proposed model provides managers with a basis for developing actionable plans to reach customers, utilize their input during the BMI process, and enhance BMI success.ArticlePublication Metadata only Doing good by sharing messages: An investigation of “You Share, We Donate” campaigns and how they can attain viral success(Elsevier, 2023-02) Wen, Xiaohan Hannah ; Kim, S.; Bowen, M.; Business Administration; WEN, XıaohanWith the rise of social media, companies are engaging in a new type of cause-related marketing classified as "You Share, We Donate" (YSWD) campaigns. YSWD campaigns encourage consumers to share the company's campaign message, with the promise that the company will donate to a designated cause, and the total donation amount is linked to the number of "shares" the message gets. Thus, the success of these campaigns depends on the campaign's virality. In order to understand what organizations need to do to set up successful YSWD cam-paigns, we investigate the linkage between donation cap (non-)specification-an important design element-and YSWD campaign success. The results of the analyses of 574 real-world YSWD campaigns and four experiments show that donation cap non-specification encourages consumers to share the campaign message more than when a donation cap is specified. However, this effect diminishes if a company is perceived as highly credible.ArticlePublication Metadata only Are crowdsourcing announcements signals of customer orientation? A comparison of consumer responses to product- versus communication-related campaigns(Emerald, 2023-05-05) Wen, Xiaohan Hannah; Atakan, S. S.; Business Administration; WEN, XıaohanPurpose: This study aims to examine consumers’ responses to crowdsourcing campaigns in the request initiation stage using the signaling theory from economics. The purpose of the research is threefold. First, it provides a comprehensive classification of various task types within crowdsourcing. Second, it conceptualizes crowdsourcing announcements as signals of customer orientation and empirically tests the differential effects of the two most common crowdsourcing task types (product- and communication-related) on customer orientation perceptions. Third, it illuminates the downstream behavioral consequences of crowdsourcing campaign announcements. Design/methodology/approach: The authors conducted secondary data analysis of 883 crowdsourcing campaigns (pilot study) to provide evidence on the differential effects of crowdsourcing task types. In addition, four laboratory experiments were conducted to test the theoretical arguments. To test the main effect of crowdsourcing task types, Study 1A (N = 252 MTurk workers) used a one-factor (product- vs communication-related crowdsourcing vs control) between-subject design, whereas Study 1B (N = 171 undergraduate students) used a 2 (task type: product- vs communication-related) by 2 (product category: restaurant vs fashion) between-subject design. Study 2 (N = 93 MTurk workers) explored the underlying mechanism using a one-factor (product- vs communication-related) between-subject design. Study 3 (N = 375 MTurk workers) investigated the boundary condition for the effect of task type with a 2 (task type: product- vs communication-related) by 3 (company credibility: low vs neutral vs high) between-subject design. Findings: The pilot study provides evidence for the conceptualized typology and the differential effects of crowdsourcing task types. Study 1A reveals that product-related crowdsourcing tends to have a more substantial impact than communication-related crowdsourcing on how customer-oriented consumers perceive a company. Study 1B validates the results of Study 1A in a different product category and population sample. Study 2 shows that the differential customer-orientation effect is mediated by the perceived cost of implementing the crowdsourcing outcome and unravels the differences in consumers’ purchase and campaign participation intentions depending on task type. Study 3 highlights that the customer-orientation effect attenuates as company credibility increases. Research limitations/implications: This research contributes to the crowdsourcing literature by categorizing the various types of crowdsourcing campaigns companies undertake and revealing the differential impact of the different types of crowdsourcing campaigns on consumers’ perceptions and behavioral intentions. In doing so, this research converges two lines of consumer research on crowdsourcing, i.e. product- and communication-related crowdsourcing. The findings add to the debate over the returns from research and development (R&D) versus advertising and extend it from marketing strategy to crowdsourcing literature. Practical implications: The findings highlight the importance of choosing specific task types for crowdsourcing and lead to practical recommendations on designing crowdsourcing campaigns to maximize their benefits to crowdsourcing brands. Originality/value: To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that differentiates crowdsourcing task types and compares their effectiveness from a consumer perspective.ArticlePublication Metadata only A lure or a turn-off: social media reactions to business model innovation announcements(Springer, 2023-03) Bowen, M.; Wen, Xiaohan Hannah; Kim, S.; Business Administration; WEN, XıaohanHow do people react to business model innovation (BMI) announcements on social media? Is the analysis of social media reactions to BMI announcements a fruitful method for assessing the potential and pitfalls of BMIs? This research provides a novel perspective by answering these questions using a multi-case study approach. Our results show that social media reactions to BMI announcements can provide first indications of the success or failure of a BMI as well as initial information on how to further adjust the BMI. However, our results also indicate that classical means of assessing the success of innovations (i.e., through assessing the valence of user reactions) are not effective in the context of BMIs.