Online Communities and Open Innovation

Download or read book Online Communities and Open Innovation written by Linus Dahlander and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book informs managers, policy makers, researchers and students of the most recent thinking of the intersection between online communities and firms. The book highlights how creation, coordination and appropriation of technological as well as symbolic value take place within different types of online communities as well as how firms can manage and benefit from these new and important external sources of knowledge. This book was published as a special issue of Industry and Innovation.