@inbook {1104701,
	title = {Open Innovation and Organizational Boundaries: Task Decomposition, Knowledge Distribution and the Locus of Innovation},
	booktitle = {Handbook of Economic Organization: Integrating Economic and Organizational Theory},
	year = {2013},
	month = {March 29, 2013},
	pages = {355-382},
	publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.},
	organization = {Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.},
	abstract = {<p>This chapter contrasts traditional, organization- centered models of innovation with more recent work on open innovation. These fundamentally different and inconsistent innovation logics are associated with contrasting organizational boundaries and organizational designs. We suggest that when critical tasks can be modularized and when problem- solving knowledge is widely distributed and available, open innovation complements traditional innovation logics. We induce these ideas from the literature and with extended examples from Apple, the National Aeronautics and Astronomical Agency (NASA) and LEGO. We suggest that task decomposition and problem- solving knowledge distribution are not deterministic but are strategic choices. If dynamic capabilities are associated with innovation streams, and if different innovation types are rooted in contrasting innovation logics, there are important implications for firm boundaries, design and identity.</p>},
	keywords = {boundaries, collaborative innovation and invention, innovation, innovation strategy, institutional logics, knowledge sharing, modular innovation, open innovation, organizational boundaries, organizational design},
	isbn = {978-1-84980-398-4},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781782548225},
	author = {Lakhani, Karim R. and Lifshitz-Assaf, Hila and Tushman, Michael L.},
	editor = {Grandori, Anna}
}
