Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities

Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware

Jan-Peter Ferdinand (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 170 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-88325-0 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.8.2018
Reihe/Serie	Contributions to Management Science
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 170 p. 25 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Maschinenbau
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
Schlagworte	Collective rationality • Commercialization of innovation • Desktop 3d-printing business • Entrepreneurship in open source hardware • Entrepreneurship in open source software • Exploration and exploitation in innovation communi • Exploration and exploitation in innovation communities • Institutional logistics and innovation • Open Innovation
ISBN-10	3-319-88325-9 / 3319883259
ISBN-13	978-3-319-88325-0 / 9783319883250
Zustand	Neuware