Profiting From Voluntary Information Spillovers: How Users Benefit By Freely Revealing Their Innovations
| Title | Profiting From Voluntary Information Spillovers: How Users Benefit By Freely Revealing Their Innovations |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Harhoff, Dietmar, Henkel Joachim, and von Hippel Eric |
| Date Published | July |
| Abstract | Software users reveal the code they have written to other users for free. This behavior is contrary to conventional wisdom in economics - but is essential to the functioning of an effective user innovation community. This paper explores conditions under which the free revealing of innovations (code, in the case of OS) pays for innovating users. |
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| evhippel-voluntaryinfospillover.pdf | 124.45 KB |
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