Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities: Insights from 3d Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware - Couverture rigide

Ferdinand, Jan-Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3319668412 ISBN 13 : 9783319668413

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017

Synopsis

Drawing on empirical insights from the field of desktop 3D printing, this book elaborates the concept of innovation communities as a pattern of open and distributed innovation. As these communities spur a fruitful exchange of explorative, open source knowledge, they represent a novel mode of "doing innovation", which considerably differs from established practices in market and business realms. Hence, the people that participate in these collective endeavors often develop entrepreneurial ambitions and start to exploit community-based innovations commercially. The book presents deep insights on the institutional idiosyncrasies of innovation communities, the associated dilemma of entrepreneurship and the strategies of 3D-printing startups to face the corresponding challenges.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jan-Peter Ferdinand is a sociologist with focus on organizations and management science. His research addresses the nexus of emerging technologies and markets as well as novel modes of open and distributed innovation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319668412
• ISBN 13: 9783319668413
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 183
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