Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities
Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware
Published on 27. September 2017
XIII, 170 pages
978-3-319-66842-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2018
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Illustrations
XIII, 170 p. 25 illus., 10 illus. in color.
File size
2,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-319-66842-0 (9783319668420)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-66842-0
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Jan-Peter Ferdinand
Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities
Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware
Book
10/2017
Springer
€149.79
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Person
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.
Content
Chapter 1: Believe me, don't believe the hype.- Chapter 2: Linking commons, communities, and innovation.- Chapter 3: Theorizing innovation communities.- Chapter 4: Analytical framework and methodology.- Chapter 5: Innovation communities & the dilemma of entrepreneurship in the 3D printing field.- Chapter 6: Field-level dynamics and the gradual disruption of the 3D printing community.- Chapter 7: The perils of innovation communities.
