The power of non-contractual innovation

Olleros, F. Xavier (2007). « The power of non-contractual innovation ». International Journal of Innovation Management, 11(1), pp. 93-113.

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Currently, all major IT and telecom firms are busy trying to stimulate non-contractual complementary developments around their own core competences and offerings. But little has been done to explain the logic, strengths, andweaknesses of non-contractual innovation. The literature on open-platform leadership recognises the importance of non-contractual innovation, but only within the limited confines of a normative approach based on two implicit assumptions: that a platform’s core and periphery are sharply and easily differentiated and that platforms are always grown and orchestrated from a monolithic core. Through analysis of two cases of decentralised open innovation: the emergence of video rental stores and the emergence of desktop-publishing systems. I argue that these assumptions do not apply to all open platforms. I conclude that by forcing a hierarchical framework onto the analysis, the normative approach underplays the role of non-contractual innovation and turns a blind eye to the radically self-organised and unforeseeable nature of some platforms’ success.

Type:	Article de revue scientifique
Mots-clés ou Sujets:	Contracts; hierarchy; collaboration; coordination; platform; modularity
Unité d'appartenance:	École des sciences de la gestion > Département de management
Déposé par:	Francisco-Javier Olleros
Date de dépôt:	08 févr. 2007
Dernière modification:	01 nov. 2014 02:03
Adresse URL :	http://archipel.uqam.ca/id/eprint/213

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