Abstract
In the era of the digital economy (ICT, Internet Objects, Cloud, Big and Open Data, etc.), we observe important transformations linked to this digital revolution [1], including development of collaborative and participative platforms, the rise of inter-company, inter-organization and inter-network collaborations, as well as the development of sharing and open innovation dynamics (crowd sourcing, crowd funding, maker space, Fab Lab, Innovation Laboratory Open, etc.). We wanted to better understand how innovation was developed in this context and to this end, we conducted a thorough study of an open-value network aimed at developing innovative products. The network studied, Sensorica, is organized around three fundamental pillars, each with a specific role: an association, the NPO, for governance, a network of companies for commercialization and an open, international community for collaborative work and the development of innovation. It is thanks to a platform on the internet that individual workers, motivated by the values of the peer to peer (P2P) or participative economy are involved in creating together innovations on distributed projects. In the context of participatory economics, this network illustrates new forms of cooperation, ways of managing collaborations based on the model of P2P, based on a partnership of shared values system.
Highlights
ObjectivesUnderstanding the Collaborative Process in Open InnovationThe case study proposed here aims to understand the modalities of collaboration in an open innovation process
In the era of the digital economy (ICT, Internet Objects, Cloud, Big and Open Data, etc.), we observe important transformations linked to this digital revolution [1], including development of collaborative and participative platforms, the rise of inter-company, inter-organization and inter-network collaborations, as well as the development of sharing and open innovation dynamics
We cover the Sensorica general organization, and we especially are interested in open innovation processes found there, that lead to innovative product developments based on the collaboration of many people, in various parts of the globe
Summary
Understanding the Collaborative Process in Open InnovationThe case study proposed here aims to understand the modalities of collaboration in an open innovation process. The network Sensorica is part of a new type of ecosystem including peer producing working from a collaborative Web 2.0 platform [35] It is based on the commitment of a group of workers who possess broad and diversified skills to develop different projects and products. Sensorica clearly stands out from platform capitalism by being focused on new forms of collaboration to create products through the process we described above as open innovation. It is on the basis of a qualitative research that we decided to study the articulations between emerging forms of work organization, management of collaborations based on the model peer to peer (P2P) and open innovation on a collaborative platform. We wanted to understand how individuals were motivated to participate in collaborative innovation processes
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