@report {1104866,
	title = {InnoCentive.com (A) (TN)},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011/3/25},
	institution = {Harvard Business School},
	type = {Teaching Note},
	abstract = {<p>Teaching Note for HBS Case 608-170</p><p>InnoCentive.com, a firm connecting R\&amp;D labs of large organizations to diverse external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R\&amp;D. Links how concepts of open source are applied to a non-software setting. Describes the rationale for participation by solvers in innovation contests and the benefits that accrue to firms. Raises the issue if a community can be shifted to collaboration when competition was the basis of prior interaction.</p>},
	keywords = {collaborative innovation and invention, competition, open source distribution, research and development, systems, web services industry},
	isbn = {611-072},
	url = {https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/608170-PDF-ENG},
	author = {Lakhani, Karim R.}
}
