The social dynamics of heterogeneous innovation ecosystems: Effects of openness on community–firm relations

International Journal of Engineering Business Management

Jan-PeterFerdinand¹ 

关键词: Distributed innovation;    innovation communities;    innovation ecosystems;    open innovation;    organization studies;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1847979017721617

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

In this article, we develop a programmatic notion of innovation ecosystems, which emphasizes the analysis of different forms of distributed innovation without reducing the perspective to the role of a focal organization. It highlights relationships between communities and corporate firms as nexus for distributed innovation and elaborates how different facets of openness shape the dynamic of the ecosystem. Thus, our model allows for the analysis and comparison of a broad scope of constellations, their particular coordinating mechanisms as well as related advantages and disadvantages. We apply this framework to two specific cases of distributed innovation, the RepRap 3D printer and the ARA modular smartphone, in order to delineate how differences in the forms of openness affect the prevalent relationships between communities and firms as well as the constituting functions of their particular innovation ecosystem.

【 授权许可】

CC BY