Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities
Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware
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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Presents an integrated view on innovation communities and entrepreneurship Features the trending topic of open source hardware Provides empirical insights on how founders respond to challenges of hardware startups
Autor*in
Jan-Peter Ferdinand
Themen in »Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities«
Open innovation Commercialization of innovation Desktop 3d-printing business Entrepreneurship in open source hardware Entrepreneurship in open source software Institutional logistics and innovation Exploration and exploitation in innovation communities Collective rationality