Open Source Product Development : The Meaning and Relevance of Openness

by Kerstin Balka

Open source software development has received considerable scholarly attention, much of which is based on the presumption that the ‘open source model’ holds some lessons of broader applicability. Kerstin Balka focuses on the open source development of tangible objects, so-called open design. To explore the landscape and mechanisms of open design, she presents a comprehensive study of 104 projects and an in-depth case study of six projects. The subsequent quantitative study explores openness as a gradual and multi-dimensional concept showing that companies can successfully implement strategies of partial openness to safeguard value capture without alienating their developer community

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Balka, Kerstin
Publisher:	Wiesbaden : Gabler Verlag / Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden
Subject:	Software \| Open Source \| Open source \| Innovation \| Produktentwicklung
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] ; Description [swbplus.bsz-bw.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (XVIII, 196p. 30 illus, digital)
Series:	SpringerLink / Bücher
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references Foreword; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Part I Focus and scope; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Statement of the research problem and relevance; 1.2 Research design and approach; 1.3 Structure of the document; Chapter 2 Definition of terms; Part II Theoretical and methodological foundation; Chapter 3 Perspectives from prior literature; 3.1 The private and collective investment models; 3.2 The meaning of openness; 3.2.1 Openness as a gradual concept; 3.2.2 Aspects of openness; 3.2.3 The community's perspective; 3.3 Open source software versus hardware 3.3.1 Empirical studies of open source software3.3.2 Empirical relevance of open source beyond soft-ware; 3.3.3 Why is the situation different for digital and physical products?; 3.3.4 But, hardware is becoming much more like soft-ware; 3.4 Why do firms get involved?; 3.4.1 The firm as a collection of productive resources and dynamic capabilities; 3.4.2 Value creation and value capture; 3.4.3 Reasons for firms to freely reveal; 3.4.4 OS business models; 3.5 Conclusions and implications for this re-search; Chapter 4 Research design and methodology; 4.1 Open source innovation (OSI) 4.1.1 A disambiguation of OSI4.1.2 A conceptual framework for studying OSI; 4.2 Detailed research questions and resultant propositions; (1) Actors; (2) Object; (3) Governance structure; (4) Development process; (5) Innovative outcome; (6) Environment; 4.3 Methodological research approach; 4.3.1 To discover the variety of open design; 4.3.2 To understand how open design works; 4.3.3 To investigate the meaning of openness; Part III On the variety of open design; Chapter 5 Study 1: The open design landscape; 5.1 The variety of open design; (1) Actors: Background and number of contributors (2) Object: Type of products and complexity(3) Governance structure: Protection of intellectual property; (4) Development process: Responsibility for develop-ment and production, age and activity of projects; (5) Innovative outcome: Development stage, target group, and innovativeness; (6) Environment: Industry and tool support; 5.2 Multivariate analysis; 5.3 Discussion of outcomes and research propositions rethought; Chapter 6 Study 2: Open design of tangible goods - A comparative case study; 6.1 Overview of cases; 6.2 Case descriptions; OScar; RepRap; Free Beer; OSGV; OpenMoko; Neuros OSD 6.3 How does open design work?6.3.1 Who drives open design projects?; 6.3.2 What is being developed?; 6.3.3 How are open designs developed and produced?; 6.3.4 Is open design really open?; Chapter 7 Intermediate conclusions and implications for proceeding; 7.1 Discussion of first findings; 7.2 Replicability as a third aspect of open-ness; 7.3 Derivation of research hypotheses; Part IV On openness in open design; Chapter 8 Survey approach; 8.1 Questionnaire development; 8.2 Selection of communities; 8.3 Data collection; 8.4 The sample; 8.5 Data preparation Building constructs from questionnaire items on open-ness and satisfaction
ISBN:	978-3-8349-6949-1 ; 978-3-8349-3153-5
Other identifiers:	10.1007/978-3-8349-6949-1 [DOI]
Classification:	Methoden und Techniken der Betriebswirtschaft ; Philosophie und Theorie der Betriebswirtschaft
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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