Open Knowledge and the Cooperative Approach to the Production of Research and Innovation

A cura di: Chiara Franzoni, Cristina Rossi Lamastra

Open Knowledge and the Cooperative Approach to the Production of Research and Innovation

In recent years, firms in an increasing number of industries are experimenting new “Open” ways of managing Intellectual Property Rights in viable business opportunities, that aim at fostering, rather than limiting, the access to information. Promoting collective ownership and information sharing in on-line communities has proved to foster creativity, dynamic capabilities and global competitiveness of companies.

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Pages: 168

ISBN: 9788846491244

Edition: 1a edizione 2007

Publisher code: 380.346

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In recent years, firms in an increasing number of industries are experimenting new "Open" ways of managing Intellectual Property Rights in viable business opportunities, that aim at fostering, rather than limiting, the access to information. Promoting collective ownership and information sharing in on-line communities has proved to foster creativity, dynamic capabilities and global competitiveness of companies.
The three sections of the book offer an overview of such issues, by presenting a set of theoretical and empirical contributions characterized by high methodological rigor and scientific excellence. Some of the chapters were based on works presented during the Lunch Seminars organised by the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale (DIG) of Politecnico di Milano, and benefited from comments and suggestions from the participants.
This volume is the third of an ongoing series that aims at handing down to the readers the wealth of theoretical and empirical contributions stemming from DIG Lunch Seminars.

Chiara Franzoni, is associate researcher at DISPEA (Department of Production Systems and Business Economics) of Politecnico di Torino. She was formerly associate researcher at CNR and visiting post-doc at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (GSU, Atlanta, USA). Her interests include Technological Change, Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and Economics of Science and Innovation.
Cristina Rossi Lamastra is researcher at Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale of Politecnico di Milano. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics of Innovation from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. Her work in Economics of Innovation and Applied Industrial Organisation was published in leading international journals and comprises empirical investigations of regional and sectoral innovation processes and firms' participation in the Free/Open Source Software movement.



Chiara Franzoni, Cristina Rossi Lamastra, Introduction
Part 1. Open Science and Technology
Chiara Franzoni, Research Instruments and Operating Tools: How Open Science Contributes to Technology
Dario Lorenzi, Innovation in the Software Sector: Comparing Proprietary vs. Free/Open Source Solutions
Part 2. Open Texts and Media
Juan Carlos De Martin, Andrea Glorioso, The Digital Public Domain
Matthijs den Besten, Max Loubser, Jean-Michel Dalle, Wikipedia as a Distributed Problem-Solving Network
Irene Cassarino, Aldo Geuna, Remixing Cinema. The Case of Brighton Swarm of Angels
Part 3. Open Source-Based Firm
Lorenzo Benussi, The Role of Free/Open Source Model in Supporting New Technology Based Firms. Analysis of Free/Open Source-Based Firms in the Turin Metropolitan Area
Lucia Piscitello, Cristina Rossi Lamastra, How Openness Shapes the Scope of Small and Medium Enterprises. An Empirical Investigation of the Italian Software Sector
Scientific Committee
The Authors.

Contributors: Lorenzo Benussi, Irene Cassarino, Jean-Michel Dalle, Juan Carlos De Martin, Matthijs den Besten, Aldo Geuna, Andrea Glorioso, Dario Lorenzi, Max Loubser, Lucia Piscitello

Serie: Economia e politica industriale

Subjects: Industrial Economics

Level: Scholarly Research

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