TY - RPRT T1 - InnoCentive.com (A) (TN) Y1 - 2011 A1 - Lakhani, Karim R. KW - collaborative innovation and invention KW - competition KW - open source distribution KW - research and development KW - systems KW - web services industry AB -

Teaching Note for HBS Case 608-170

InnoCentive.com, a firm connecting R&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&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.

JF - Harvard Business School Teaching Notes PB - Harvard Business School SN - 611-072 UR - https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/608170-PDF-ENG ER -