InnoCentive.com, a company that provides R & D labs of large organizations, various external solvers through innovation contests has to decide whether to allow collaboration in their community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the benefits that external R & D. Links How concepts of open source to be applied to non-software setting. Describes the reasons for the participation of solver in innovation contests and the benefits that come to benefit companies. Raises the is … Read more »
InnoCentive.com, a company that provides R & D labs of large organizations, various external solvers through innovation contests has to decide whether to allow collaboration in their community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the benefits that external R & D. Links How concepts of open source to be applied to non-software setting. Describes the reasons for the participation of solver in innovation contests and the benefits that come to benefit companies. Solves the problem when a community to strengthen cooperation can be moved when the competition was the basis of the previous interaction.
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Karim R. Lakhani
Source: Harvard Business School
22 pages.
Release Date: 10 June 2008. Prod #: 608170-PDF-ENG
InnoCentive.com (A) HBR case solution
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