Title: Open source: an opportunity structure for boundless innovation
Author: Doris Blutner Email author(s)
Address: Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University,
Eilfschornsteinstraße 7, Aachen 52062, Germany
Journal: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable
Development 2011 - Vol. 5, No.2/3 pp. 295 - 312
Abstract: The methods Open Innovation (OI) and Open Source
Innovation (OSI) are often highlighted together as new forms of the
creation of innovation. Their respective peculiarities are considered
only rarely, because – as Abdelkafi et al. argue in 2009 – for many it
suffices to say that both innovation methods imply an open
participation of human resources. This is however not the case. By
answering the question of which ways of innovation support which
method, this assumption will be disproved. The comparative analysis of
both methods will show that OI does open make-or-buy-practices in a
radical and goal-oriented way; however, the problem space previously
defined by the company is not changeable. This leads to a considerable
limitation of the opportunities of participation. By contrast, the
method OSI stands for collective action and an innovation path which
is similar to discovery procedures: the problem space is open and
anybody is invited to collaborate. It is here that one finds the
potential for the opening of societies.
Keywords: path creation; collective action; open innovation; open
source innovation.
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2011.043077
URL:
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