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Open Innovation : Researching a New Paradigm

Open Innovation describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such as open source software, this research and development can take place in a non-proprietary manner. Henry Chesbrough and his collaborators investigate this phenomenon, linking the practice of innovation to the established body of innovation research, showing what's new and what's familiar in the process. Offering theoretical explanations for the use (and limits) of open innovation, the book examines the applicability of the conce
eBook, English, 2006
OUP Oxford, Oxford, 2006
1 online resource (781 pages)
9780191622724, 0191622729
778339567
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Foreword; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; 1. Open Innovation: A New Paradigm for Understanding Industrial Innovation; Part I: Firms Implementing Open Innovation; 2. New Puzzles and New Findings; 3. Wither Core Competency for the Large Corporation in an Open Innovation World?; 4. Open, Radical Innovation: Toward an Integrated Model in Large Established Firms; 5. Patterns of Open Innovation in Open Source Software; Part II: Institutions Governing Open Innovation; 6. Does Appropriability Enable or Retard Open Innovation? 7. The Use of University Research in Firm Innovation8. Open Standards and Intellectual Property Rights; 9. The Use of Intellectual Property in Software: Implications for Open Innovation; Part III: Networks Shaping Open Innovation; 10. The Interorganizational Context of Open Innovation; 11. Knowledge Networks and the Geographic Locus of Innovation; 12. Open Innovation in Systemic Innovation Contexts; 13. Open Innovation in Value Networks; Part IV: Conclusions; 14. Open Innovation: A Research Agenda; References; Index