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From open source to open innovation practices: a case in the Greek context in light of the debt crisis

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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:34 authored by Thanos Papadopoulos, Teta Stamati, Mara Nikolaidou, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos
“Open” practices have been at the forefront of research, business and political agendas for some time. Traditionally, research has focused on analysing critical factors for the deployment of Open Source (OS) Software and has highlighted the roles of “Collective Intelligence” and “participation in voluntary communities” in facilitating OS development. Nevertheless, there is little literature examining the role these Open Innovation (OI) practices may play in influencing the private-collective model of innovation and its application in economies-in-crisis to create public-good innovations. To address this gap, this paper uses the case of Greece. Data were gathered from interviews conducted with public policy makers and private sector top executives. The findings underline the importance of using OS as software to deal with cost reduction during debt crisis; but more importantly reveal a shift from OS to utilising the aforementioned OI practices to support the creation of public-good innovations through the private-collective model of innovation, and the difficulties faced in encouraging this initiative due to insufficient national innovation policy, and different philosophies, structures, and cultures followed by the organisations. The study calls for changes in the national policy supported by the private-collective model to leverage innovation

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

ISSN

0040-1625

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

6

Volume

80

Page range

1232-1246

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  • Business and Management Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-09-04

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2013-09-03

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