Open Innovation Contests (16 Topics collected between 2015 and 2022)

This dataset contains roughly 620 innovation ideas generated by Bachelor-level students during eight identical “Innovation Management” courses at the University of Bremen between 2015 and 2022. In a flipped-classroom setting, student teams (2-4 members) took part in an open innovation contest modelled across two 90-minute workshops. Using a morphological search field for idea generation and an adapted 4-3-4 variant of the 6-3-5 method for idea refinement, each team produced two structured fact sheets per idea. Fact sheets capture the problem statement, concise description, target customer groups, perceived customer benefit, potential risks and contextual background. Ideas cover 16 contest topics ranging from energy harvesting in large buildings to traffic safety. All fact sheets were transcribed and manually reviewed; no student participated more than once.