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OPEN SOURCE INNOVATION IBD

ROUTLEDGE
02 / 2015
9781138802025
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Sinopsis

Open Source Innovation (OSI) has gained considerable momentum within the last years. Academic and management practice interest grows as more and more end-users consider and even participate in Open Source product development like Linux, Android, or Wikipedia. Open Source Innovation: Phenomenon, Participant Behaviour, Impact brings together rigorous academic research and business importance in scrutinizing OCI from three perspectives: The Phenomenon, ParticipantsâÇÖ Behavior, and Business Implications. The first section introduces OCI artefacts, including who is participating and why,áand provides aásystematic overview of the literature. The second section stresses the behaviour of participants, highlighting participation progression, community selection, user entrepreneurship and fair behaviour, and answering keyáquestions like how to manage governance rules, openness and community design aspects. The third explores the impact and implications of OSIáfor firms and economies by evaluating business models, uncovering opportunities for firms to interact with communities, and presenting value capture mechanisms. Open Source Innovation provides a full pictureáofáthe movementáto help readersáunderstand and engage witháOSI from the micro perspective of individuals, to the community, to the macro perspective of firms and economies.