Evolving Innovation Ecosystems

The vital field of open-source software has proven itself a massive global incubator for innovation. With no barriers to entry, nearly anyone can join in and make huge contributions to a field. Yet, many of today’s public and private enterprises inhibit this type of rapid, and necessary, innovation. This book provides a new model, and with it new strategies for identifying problems, breaking them down into the right questions, directing resources in research and development, interpreting results, disseminating information, manufacturing and distributing products, and commercializing future tech that can bring the knowledge commons to innovation for social, cultural, and economic advantage.