The Phenomenon, Participant's Behaviour, Business Implications
Focusing on open source innovation, this book combines academic research with practical business insights. It delves into the foundational literature, examines participant behavior, and analyzes the effects of open source practices on businesses and economies. Through a systematic exploration, it highlights the significance of this phenomenon in today's economic landscape.
A Discrete Choice Study
Daniel Ehls analyzes the impact of contextual factors on attracting volunteers into open initiatives. He answers challenging questions like why do users join one community over another and what are attractive conditions for user and open innovation With a discrete choice experiment, Daniel Ehls identifies openness trade-offs and joining preferences contingent on access, usage and sponsorship. Also, he reveals causes of taste heterogeneity and shows how context and personality determine joining decisions. Management insights target organizational behavior, e.g. how the governance structure affects user actions, and competitive strategy, e.g. how to source external distributed knowledge.