Includes bibliographical references and index.

The phenomenon -- What is open source innovation? / Ehls -- Motivation of participants to contribute to online communities / Janzik -- Open source software and open content : a comparison / Ehls -- Open source innovation as a phenomenon-based research field : puzzles and paradigms / Raasch/Spaeht/Lee -- Participant's behavior -- Open source participation behavior : a review and introduction of a -- Participation lifecycle model / Ehls -- Joining open source communities contingent on individual user traits / Ehls -- Exogenous vs. endogenous governance in innovation communities : effects on motivation, conflict and justice / Stormer -- Managing member specialization in online innovation communities / Bierwald/ Ehls -- Implications : the impact of open source innovation -- How open is open source : software and beyond / Balka -- Men on the inside' : how firms can strategically influence open source communities / Lee -- Innovation effort as "productive consumption?" : the power of participation benefits to amplify innovation / Raasch/ Hippel -- The new normal of innovation management : towards a dual ? open and closed ? innovation logic / Foller/Hutter -- List of contributors -- Index.

Open Source Innovation (OSI) has gained considerable momentum within the last years. Academic and management practice interest grows as more and more end-users consider and even participate in Open Source product development like Linux, Android, or Wikipedia. Open Source Innovation: The Phenomenon, Participant's Behavior, Business Implications brings together rigorous academic research and business importance in scrutinizing OCI from three perspectives: The Phenomenon, Participants' Behavior, and Business Implications.