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| OPEN SOURCE INNOVATION (Beyond software) Turning dispersed ideas and efforts into successful businesses? | | Feb 25-26, 2010 |
The recent patent upsurge in almost all countries and all domains has, paradoxically, contributed
to draw the attention of scholars on the importance of openness and large scale collaboration for
innovations’ development. The free-libre open source movement in the software industry has
also contributed to put the notion of openness and decentralized problem solving in the forefront.
Among others, it has led some recent works to explore how to expand the open source model in
other industries. Similarly, organisation sciences have seen the emergence of the “open
innovation” paradigm, which advises firms to open up their boundaries. Practices of
crowdsourcing” also rely to some extent on an open and distributed model.
All these recent changes show clearly that openness, data sharing, informal collaborations,
decentralised and distributed problem solving, are important elements of the innovation process.
Yet, except in software, where a tremendous number of studies have been realised, we know
little about open source innovation and their industrial and commercial exploitation. Only a few
attempts have been made to explain how to transform open source innovation into a successful
business model for a wide range of industries.
PAPERS
We are soliciting works focusing on the issue of openness and distributed problem solving in the
field of innovation. Papers on the following issues will be particularly welcome:
- Open source and free / libre innovation (in other domains than software)
- Collective invention
- Open science and its links with industry
- Non-exclusive use of patents
- Distributed entrepreneurship
- Crowdsourcing and opensourcing
- Business model development and application of open source innovation
- Evaluation of open source innovation
MEETING ORGANIZATION
Accepted papers will be presented in a two-day workshop to be held in Strasbourg, February
25st
and 26nd
, 2010. An important part of the agenda will be allocated to open discussions
among participants.
SUBMISSION
Interested scholars are expected to submit an extended abstract in electronic form (PDF or
Word) to the following address:
penin@unistra.fr
Submission should include the author’s name, affiliation, address, phone number and email.
FEES
Participation is free. Yet, transportation and accommodation will be covered only for DIME
members
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for submission: 13th
December 2009.
Acceptance notification: Early January 2010.
Communication of the full paper: No later than mid February
Looking forward to welcoming you in Strasbourg,
The organisers
 Location:
Strasbourg, France
Contact:
penin@unistra.fr
Attached files
 osi_2009call_for_papers.pdf (40 KB)
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