commons of public OSS code—that is, on the“giving” side of this open innovation process. In contrast, research on … thecorresponding “receiving” side of the innovation process is scarce. We address thisgap, studying how existing OSS code is reused and …

Profiting from technological innovation requires both the development of new products and the capture orappropriation …

Patent trolls appropriate profits from innovation solely by enforcing patents against infringers.They are often …

user innovation and lead user research, with merits founded on economic theory hitherto not considered in this context …

&D strategies. Most of the existing research on the phenomenon of open innovation focuses on its interorganizational aspects. In …

The literature on new goods and social welfare generally assumes thatmanufacturers develop innovations. But innovation … impact of users as a source of innovation on product diversity,innovation, and welfare. We examine the impact of user … innovation oninefficiencies that bias the provision of new goods, and find that most areeither alleviated or non-existent for …