Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware /

• Main Author: Ferdinand, Jan-Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Entrepreneurship.; Manufactures.; Management.; Industrial management.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes.; Innovation/Technology Management.

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 "d...

Table of Contents:

• 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.