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Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities

Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware

  • Presents an integrated view on innovation communities and entrepreneurship
  • Features the trending topic of open source hardware
  • Provides empirical insights on how founders respond to challenges of hardware startups

Part of the book series: Contributions to Management Science (MANAGEMENT SC.)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Believe Me, Don’t Believe the Hype

    • Jan-Peter Ferdinand
    Pages 1-12
  3. Linking Commons, Communities, and Innovation

    • Jan-Peter Ferdinand
    Pages 13-34
  4. Theorizing Innovation Communities

    • Jan-Peter Ferdinand
    Pages 35-67
  5. Analytical Framework and Methodology

    • Jan-Peter Ferdinand
    Pages 69-81
  6. The Perils of Innovation Communities

    • Jan-Peter Ferdinand
    Pages 149-160
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 161-170

About this book

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 “doing innovation”, which considerably differs from established practices in market and business realms. Hence, the people that participate in these collective endeavors often develop entrepreneurial ambitions and start to exploit community-based innovations commercially. The book presents deep insights on the institutional idiosyncrasies of innovation communities, the associated dilemma of entrepreneurship and the strategies of 3D-printing startups to face the corresponding challenges.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany

    Jan-Peter Ferdinand

About the author

Jan-Peter Ferdinand is a sociologist with focus on organizations and management science. His research addresses the nexus of emerging technologies and markets as well as novel modes of open and distributed innovation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Entrepreneurship in Innovation Communities

  • Book Subtitle: Insights from 3D Printing Startups and the Dilemma of Open Source Hardware

  • Authors: Jan-Peter Ferdinand

  • Series Title: Contributions to Management Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66842-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66841-3Published: 09 October 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88325-0Published: 15 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66842-0Published: 27 September 2017

  • Series ISSN: 1431-1941

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-716X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 170

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes, Innovation/Technology Management

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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