Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation

Research on open source software, user innovation and open innovation have increasingly emphasized the role of communities in creating, shaping and disseminating innovations. However, the comparability of such studies has been hampered by the lack of a precise definition of the community construct. In this paper we review prior definitions (implicit and explicit) of the community construct, and other suggestions for future research.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	West, Joel ; Lakhani, Karim
Published in:	Industry and Innovation. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1366-2716. - Vol. 15.2008, 2, p. 223-231
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals
Subject:	Innovation communities \| open source \| open innovation \| user innovation

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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