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From open source to open innovation practices: A case in the greek context in light of the debt crisis

Papadopoulos, Thanos, Stamati, Teta, Nikolaidou, Mara, Anagnostopoulos, Dimosthenis (2012) From open source to open innovation practices: A case in the greek context in light of the debt crisis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 80 (6). pp. 1232-1246. ISSN 0040-1625. (doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.030) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52868)

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Abstract

"Open" practices have been at the forefront of research, business and political agendas for some time. Traditionally, research has focused on analysing critical factors for the deployment of Open Source (OS) Software and has highlighted the roles of "Collective Intelligence" and "participation in voluntary communities" in facilitating OS development. Nevertheless, there is little literature examining the role these Open Innovation (OI) practices may play in influencing the private-collective model of innovation and its application in economies-in-crisis to create public-good innovations. To address this gap, this paper uses the case of Greece. Data were gathered from interviews conducted with public policy makers and private sector top executives. The findings underline the importance of using OS as software to deal with cost reduction during debt crisis; but more importantly reveal a shift from OS to utilising the aforementioned OI practices to support the creation of public-good innovations through the private-collective model of innovation, and the difficulties faced in encouraging this initiative due to insufficient national innovation policy, and different philosophies, structures, and cultures followed by the organisations. The study calls for changes in the national policy supported by the private-collective model to leverage innovation. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.10.030
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Uncontrolled keywords: Collective intelligence; Debt crises; Open Innovation; Open Source; Participation in voluntary communities; Private-collective innovation model
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems
Depositing User: Kimberley Attard-Owen
Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2015 16:44 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:22 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52868 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Papadopoulos, Thanos.

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