Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

Deals with the topic of out-licensing as a novel form of risk-sharing collaborations. The phenomenon of out-licensing is illustrated by three major case studies of Novartis, Schering and Roche as well as several smaller case studies. This book applies the Nobel Prize awarded economic theory of...

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...

Firms have discovered that open source (OS) communities can be valuable sources of innovation. However, the access for firms to these communities turned to be intricate. One proven way of how firms can enter OS communities is via their personnel (“men on the inside”). Focusing on...

- Managing Innovation Beyond Firm Boundaries -- Commercializing and Controlling Open Source Software Development -- Open Source in Action I: Business Collaboration Among Open Source Projects -- Open Source in Action II: Business Collaboration Within an Open Source Project -- Summary, Conclusion,...

Vorwörter -- Teil I: Allgemeine Grundlagen -- 1. Die Spielregeln der Softwareindustrie -- 2. Ökonomische Prinzipien der Softwareindustrie -- 3. Strategien der Softwareanbieter -- Geschäftsmodelle in der Softwareindustrie -- Teil II: Spezielle Themen -- 5. Outsourcing und Offshoring der...