Table 2 Data types and information obtained from the literature
From: Innovation in humanitarian assistance—a systematic literature review
# | Data type | Data type description | Information obtained |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Metadata | Data providing information about the data itself | The type of article (academic or practitioner) |
The publication year | |||
The applied research method | |||
The focus and scope of the article, including subject and industry focus | |||
2 | Conceptual data | Concepts and definitions applied to humanitarian innovation | The definition of humanitarian innovation given in the texts |
The stated objective of humanitarian innovation (i.e. how success is defined) | |||
3 | Application data | The characteristics of innovations applied in the humanitarian contexts | Innovation sectors – the sector to which the humanitarian innovation belongs |
Innovation types—the typification of innovations | |||
Innovation target – the envisioned end-users of an innovation | |||
Innovation management strategy—the different approaches of how innovation development, coordination, and diffusion are managed within the sector | |||
4 | Thematic data | The key themes present in the research articles on the factors impacting humanitarian innovation performance | Drivers and obstacles of humanitarian innovation, meaning factors which enable or pose risks to the flourishing of humanitarian innovation |