Last Updated July 3, 2023
Curriculum Vitae

Joel West

Hildegard College
150 Paularino Avenue
Costa Mesa CA 92626
http://www.JoelWest.org/
E-mail:  HC@joelwest.org
Google Scholar page: http://bit.ly/joelGS

Contents:
Publications (journal articles, books, book chapters, proceedings, cases, reports, book reviews, other)
Presentations (conferences, panels, keynote speaker, discussant, invited, industry)
Honors, and service to academia, university, industry and the community
Academic, teaching and industry experience
Education

Research Interests

My research program focuses on two broad themes: 1) Network forms of open innovation collaboration and coopetition, including communities, consortia, ecosystems, and platforms; 2) Entrepreneurial entry and growth strategies early in a new technological regime.

Publications

Journal Articles

Jennifer Kuan and Joel West, “Interfaces, Modularity and Ecosystem Emergence: How DARPA Modularized the Semiconductor Ecosystem,” Research Policy 52, 8 (2023): 104789. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104789

Thierry Rayna and Joel West, “Where Digital Meets Physical Innovation: Reverse Salients and the Unrealized Dreams of 3D Printing,” Journal of Product Innovation Management 40, 4 (2023): 530-553. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12681

Paul L. Drnevich and Joel West, “Performance Implications of Technological Uncertainty, Age, and Size for Small Businesses,” Journal of Small Business Management, 61, 4 (2023): 1806-1841. DOI: 10.1080/00472778.2020.1867733

Paul Olk and Joel West, “Distributed Governance of a Complex Ecosystem: How R&D Consortia Orchestrate the Alzheimer’s Knowledge Ecosystem,”  California Management Review 65, 2 (2023), 93-128. DOI: 10.1177/00081256231165329

Krithika Randhawa, Joel West, Katrina Skellern and Emmanuel Josseran, “Evolving a Value Chain to an Open Innovation Ecosystem: Cognitive Engagement of Stakeholders in Customizing Medical Implants,” California Management Review 63, 2 (2021), 101-134. DOI: 10.1177/0008125620974435

Joel West, “Localized Knowledge Flows and Asymmetric Motivations in Open Innovation,” Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 32, 2 (2020), 181-196. DOI: 10.3917/jie.032.0181

Sophie Mignon, Cécile Ayerbe, Sandra Dubouloz, Marc Robert and Joel West, “Managerial Innovation and Management of Open Innovation,” Journal of Innovation Economics & Management, 32, 2 (2020), 3-12. DOI: 10.3917/jie.032.0003

Paul Olk and Joel West, “The Relationship of Industry Structure to Open Innovation: Cooperative Value Creation in Pharmaceutical Consortia,” R&D Management, 50, 1 (January 2020), 116-135. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12364

Krithika Randhawa, Ralf Wilden and Joel West, “Crowdsourcing without Profit: The Role of the Seeker in Open Social Innovation,” R&D Management, 49, 3 (June 2019), 298-317. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12357

Erik G. Hansen, Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Iris Xiaohong Quan, and Joel West, “Cross-National Complementarity of Technology Push, Demand Pull, and Manufacturing Push Policies: The Case of Photovoltaics,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 65, 4 (November 2018): 1-7. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2018.2833878

Anne Greul, Joel West and Simon Bock, “Open at birth? Why new firms do (or don’t) use open innovation,” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12, 3 (September 2018): 392-420. DOI: 10.1002/sej.1282

Oliver Alexy, Joel West, Helge Klapper, and Markus Reitzig, “Surrendering Control to Gain Advantage: Reconciling Openness and the Resource-based View of the Firm,” Strategic Management Journal, Special Issue on New Theory in Strategic Management, 39, 6 (June 2018): 1704-1727. DOI: 10.1002/smj.2706

Joel West and Marcel Bogers, “Open Innovation: Current Status & Research Opportunities,” Innovation: Organization & Management, 19, 1 (2017): 43-50. DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2016.1258995

Christopher L. Tucci, Henry Chesbrough, Frank Piller, and Joel West, “When do firms undertake open, collaborative activities? Introduction to the special section on open innovation and open business models,” Industrial & Corporate Change, 25, 2 (April 2016): 283-288. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw002

Joel West and George Kuk, “The complementarity of openness: How MakerBot leveraged Thingiverse in 3D printing,” Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 102 (Jan. 2016): 169-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.07.025

Joel West and Marcel Bogers, “Leveraging External Sources of Innovation: A Review of Research on Open Innovation,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31, 4 (July 2014): 814-831. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12125

Joel West, Ammon Salter, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Henry Chesbrough, “Open innovation: The next decade,” Special Issue on Open Innovation: New Insights and Evidence, Research Policy, 43, 5 (June 2014): 805-811. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.03.001

Joel West, “Too Little, Too Early: California’s Transient Advantage in the Photovoltaic Solar Industry,” Journal of Technology Transfer, 39, 3 (June 2014): 487-501. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9291-6

Marcel Bogers and Joel West, “Managing Distributed Innovation: Strategic Utilization of Open and User Innovation,” Creativity and Innovation Management, 21, 1 (March 2012): 61–75. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00622.x

Joel West and Michael Mace, “Browsing as the killer app: Explaining the rapid success of Apple’s iPhone,” Telecommunications Policy, 34, 5-6 (June-July 2010): 270-286. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.12.002

Joel West, “Policy Challenges of Open, Cumulative, and User Innovation,Washington University Journal of Law & Policy 30 (2009): 17-41. Reprinted in Shubha Ghosh, ed., Intellectual Property and Innovation, Vol. 1, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2017.

Scott Gallagher and Joel West, “Reconceptualizing and expanding the positive feedback network effects model: A case study,” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 26, 3 (Sept. 2009): 131-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2009.06.007

Joel West, “Before Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of the San Diego Telecom Industry,” Journal of San Diego History, 55, 1-2 (Winter/Spring 2009): 1-20.

Rudi Bekkers and Joel West, “The Limits to IPR Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in UMTS,” Telecommunications Policy, 33, 1-2 (Feb.-March 2009): 80-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.11.003

Rudi Bekkers and Joel West, “Standards, Patents and Mobile Phones: Lessons from ETSI’s Handling of UMTS,” International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research, 7, 1 (January 2009), 13-34. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2009010102 . Reprinted in Networking and Telecommunications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2010, pp. 235-257.

Joel West, “Commercializing Open Science: Deep Space Communications as the Lead Market for Shannon Theory, 1960-1973,” Journal of Management Studies, 45, 8 (December 2008), 1506-1532. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00807.x

Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony, “The Role of Participation Architecture in Growing Sponsored Open Source Communities,” Industry & Innovation, 15, 2 (April 2008): 145-168. DOI: 10.1080/13662710801970142. Reprinted in Linus Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen & Francesco Rullani, eds., Online Communities and Open Innovation: Governance and Symbolic Value Creation, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 39-54.

Joel West and Karim R. Lakhani, “Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation,” Industry & Innovation, 15, 2 (April 2008): 223-231. DOI: 10.1080/13662710802033734. Reprinted in Linus Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen & Francesco Rullani, eds., Online Communities and Open Innovation: Governance and Symbolic Value Creation, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 109-117.

Joel West, “Seeking Open Infrastructure: Contrasting Open Standards, Open Source and Open Innovation,” First Monday, 12, 6 (June 2007). DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i6.1913

Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Scope and Timing of Deployment: Moderators of Organizational Adoption of the Linux Server Platform,” International Journal of IT Standards Research 4, 2 (July 2006): 1-23. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2006070101 . Reprinted in Kai Jakobs, ed. Standardization Research in Information Technology: New Perspectives, Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2008, pp. 122-141.

Joel West and Scott Gallagher, “Challenges of Open Innovation: The Paradox of Firm Investment in Open Source Software,” R&D Management, 36, 3 (June 2006), 315-328. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00436.x

Joel West and John L. Graham, “A Linguistic-Based Measure of Cultural Distance and its Relationship to Managerial Values,” Management International Review, 44, 3 (2004): 239-260. URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40835991

Joel West, “How Open is Open Enough? Melding Proprietary and Open Source Platform Strategies, Research Policy 32, 7 (July 2003): 1259-1285. DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00052-0

John L. King and Joel West, “Ma Bell’s Orphan: US Cellular Telephony, 1947-1996, Telecommunications Policy 26, 3-4 (April/May 2002): 189-203. DOI: 10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00008-3

Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Open Source Standardization: The Rise of Linux in the Network Era, Knowledge, Technology & Policy, 14, 2 (Summer 2001): 88-112. DOI: 10.1007/PL00022278

Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s PC-98,” Information Systems Research, 11, 2 (June 2000): 197-216. DOI: 10.1287/isre.11.2.197.11778

Joel West, “Utopianism and National Competitiveness in Technology Rhetoric: The Case of Japan’s Information Infrastructure,” The Information Society, 12, 3 (July 1996): 251-272. DOI: 10.1080/019722496129459

Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Kuk-Hwan Jeong, John Leslie King, Thierry Vedel, Joel West and Poh-Kam Wong, “National Information Infrastructure: A Cross-country Comparison,” Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 2 (1996): 81-93.

Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Reconciling Vision and Reality in Japan’s NII Policy,” Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 1 (1996): 15-39. Reprinted in National Information Infrastructure: Comparison of Visions and Realities in France, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the United States, NCA V-RER-95133, Seoul: National Computerization Agency, 1996, pp. 40-71.

Joel West, “Software Rights and Japan’s Shift to an Information Society, Asian Survey, 35, 12 (Dec. 1995): 1118-1139. DOI: 10.1525/as.1995.35.12.01p0078d Reprinted in Edward R. Beauchamp, ed., The Japanese Economy and Economic Issues since 1945, New York: Garland, 1998, pp. 274-296.

Non-Editorial Articles

Joel West and Vladislav V. Fomin, “Competing views of standards competition: Response to Egyedi & Koppenhol,” letter, International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research, 9, 1 (January 2011): i-iv.

Henk de Vries and Joel West, “Guest Editorial,” International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research, 4, 1 (January 2006): iii-iv.

Scientific Articles

Mikhail Martchenko Shilman, Gloria Bartolo, Saleem Alameh, Johnny W. Peterson, William S. Lawrence, Jennifer E. Peel, Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, David W. C. Beasley, Christopher K. Cote, Samandra T. Demons, Stephanie A. Halasahoris, Lynda L. Miller, Christopher P. Klimko, Jennifer L. Shoe, David P. Fetterer, Ryan McComb, Chi-Lee C. Ho, Kenneth A. Bradley, Stella Hartmann, Luisa W. Cheng, Marina Chugunova, Chiu-Yen Kao, Jennifer K. Tran, Aram Derbedrossian, Leeor Zilbermintz, Emiene Amali-Adekwu, Anastasia Levitin and Joel West, “In vivo activity of repurposed amodiaquine as a host-targeting therapy for the treatment of Anthrax,” ACS Infectious Diseases 7, 8 (2021): 2176-2191. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00190

Leeor Zilbermintz, William Leonardi, Sun-Young Jeong, Megan Sjodt, Ryan McComb, Chi-Lee C. Ho, Cary Retterer, Dima Gharaibeh, Rouzbeh Zamani, Veronica Soloveva, Sina Bavari, Anastasia Levitin, Joel West, Kenneth A. Bradley, Robert T. Clubb, Stanley N. Cohen, Vivek Gupta and Mikhail Martchenko, “Identification of agents effective against multiple toxins and viruses by host-oriented cell targeting,” Scientific Reports 5, 13476 (2015). DOI: 10.1038/srep13476

Joel West and Alasdar Mullarney, “ModSim: A Language for Distributed Simulation,” Proceedings of Distributed Simulation 1988, Society for Computer Simulation, 19, 3 (July 1988): 155-159.

Books

Henry Chesbrough, Agnieszka Radziwon, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.

Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., New Frontiers in Open Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-19-968246-1. (Reprinted in paperback, 2016. ISBN: 0-19-880399-0). Translated as Novas Froneiras em Inovação Aberta, São Paulo: Blucher, 2017. ISBN: 978-85-212-1120-4.

Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-19-929072-5. (Reprinted in paperback, 2008. ISBN: 0-19-922646-6).

Joel West, Programming with Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop, New York: Bantam Computer Books, 1987, ISBN: 0-55334436-6.

Book Chapters

Joel West and Jonathan Sims, “How Firms Leverage Crowds and Communities,” in Allan Afuah, Christopher Tucci, and Gianluigi Viscusi, eds., Creating and Capturing Value through Crowdsourcing, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 58-96. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198816225.001.0001

Joel West, “Open Source Platforms Beyond Software: From ICT to Biotechnology,” in Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian S. Silverman, and Scott Stern, eds. Advances in Strategic Management 37, 2017, pp. 337-368. DOI: 10.1108/S0742-332220170000037011

Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in Mie Augier and David J. Teece, eds., Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_199-1

Joel West and Anne Greul, “Atoms matter: The role of local ‘makerspaces’ in the coming digital economy,” in F. Xavier Olleros and Majlinda Zhegu, eds., Research Handbook on Digital Transformations, Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, 2016, pp. 182-202. DOI: 10.4337/9781784717766.00016

Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in David B. Audretsch, Christopher S. Hayter, and Albert N. Link, eds., A Concise Guide to Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation, Cheltenham, U.K.: Elgar, 2015, pp. 137-140. DOI: 10.4337/9781783474202

Marcus Perkmann and Joel West, “Open Science and Open Innovation: Sourcing Knowledge from Universities,” in Albert N. Link, Donald S. Siegel, and Mike Wright, eds., Chicago Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic Entrepreneurship, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015, pp. 41-74. ISBN: 978-0226178349.


New Frontiers in Open Innovation (2014) ISBN: 978-0-19-968246-1

Joel West, “Open Innovation: Learning from Alliance Research,” in Refik Culpan, editor, Open Innovation Through Strategic Alliances, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2014, pp. 1-16. ISBN: 9781137394521.

Mary Walshok and Joel West, “Serendipity and Symbiosis: UCSD and the Local Wireless Industry,” in Martin Kenney and David Mowery, eds., Public Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University of California, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014, pp. 127-152. ISBN: 9780804790673.Translated into Chinese (ISBN: 978-7-302-50461-0)

Joel West and David Wood, “Evolving an Open Ecosystem: The Rise and Fall of the Symbian Platform,” in Ron Adner, Joanne Oxley and Brian Silverman, eds., Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 30, 2013, pp. 27-68.  DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2013)0000030005. ISBN: 1781908265

C. Jason Woodard and Joel West, “Strategic Responses to Standardization: Embrace, Extend or Extinguish?” in Gino Cattani, Simone Ferriani, Lars Frederiksen, Florian Täube, eds., Advances in Strategic Management, Volume 28, 2011, pp. 263-285. DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028014. ISBN: 1780521928

Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in Barry Bayus, ed., Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing, Volume 5: New Product Development, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell-Wiley, 2011, pp. 143-151. DOI: 10.1002/9781444316568.wiem05029

Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “Movement Ideology vs. User Pragmatism in the Organizational Adoption of Open Source Software,” in Kenneth L. Kraemer and Margaret Elliott, eds., Computerization Movements and Technology Diffusion: From Mainframes to Ubiquitous Computing, Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2008, pp. 427-452. ISBN: 157387311X

Joel West, “The Economic Realities of Open Standards: Black, White and Many Shades of Gray,” in Shane Greenstein and Victor Stango, eds., Standards and Public Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, pp. 87-122. ISBN: 052186450X


Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (2006) ISBN: 0-19-929072-5

Stephen K. Kwan and Joel West, “Heterogeneity of IT Importance: Implications for Enterprise IT Portfolio Management,” in Ravi Kumar Jain Bandamutha and K Rajesh Prahakar, IT and Business Strategy: An Interface, Hyderabad: IFCA Books, 2006, pp. 160-188.

Joel West, “The fall of a Silicon Valley icon: Was Apple really Betamax redux?” in Richard A. Bettis, ed., Strategy in Transition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp. 274-301. ISBN: 1405118490

Stephen K. Kwan and Joel West, “A Conceptual Model for Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Software,” in Sherrie Bolin, ed., The Standards Edge: Open Season, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Sheridan Books, 2005, pp. 51-62.

Joel West, “Institutional Constraints in the Initial Deployment of Cellular Telephone Service on Three Continents,” in Kai Jakobs, ed., Information Technology Standards and Standardization: A Global Perspective, Philadelphia: Idea Group, 2000, pp. 198-221. ISBN: 1878289705

Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Back to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” in Brian Kahin and Ernest J. Wilson III, eds., National Information Infrastructure Initiatives: Vision and Policy Design, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997, pp. 61-111. ISBN: 0262611252

Select Conference Proceedings

Joel West, “Standardization and Coopetition: A Study of Pharmaceutical Industry Consortia,” in Kai Jakobs, Anne Mione, Anne-Françoise Cutting-Decelle and Sophe Mignon, eds., EURAS Proceedings 2016, Montpelier (June 2016), 437-454. ISBN:  978-3-95886-103-9

Marcel Bogers and Joel West, “Innovation creation and commercialization beyond the firm: A multi-level framework,” DRUID Society Conference 2014, Copenhagen (June 2014), Paper #2036.

Jason Woodard and Joel West, “Four Perspectives on Architectural Strategy,” ICIS 2011 Proceedings, (Dec. 2011), Paper 21.

Jason Woodard and Joel West, “Architectural Dualities in Complex Systems: A Synthesis of Research on Technology and Organizations,” DRUID 2009 Summer Conference, Copenhagen (June 2009), WP #6032.

West, Joel, “Value Capture and Value Networks in Open Source Vendor Strategies,” Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i (Jan. 2007): 176. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2007.600

Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony, “Contrasting Community Building in Sponsored and Community Founded Open Source Projects,” Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawaii (Jan. 2005): 196c. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2005.166

Henk J. de Vries and Joel West, “Introduction to the Minitrack on Standards and Standardization,” Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawaii (Jan. 2005): 202. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2005.353

Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “An Exploratory Study into Open Source Platform Adoption,” Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawaii (Jan. 2004): 80265b. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265633

Joel West, “The Role of Standards in the Creation and Use of Information Systems,” in John L. King, and Kalle Lyytinen, eds., Proceedings of the Workshop on Standard Making: A Critical Research Frontier for Information Systems, Seattle, Wash. (December 2003): 314-326.

Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “Why Firms Adopt Open Source Platforms: A Grounded Theory of Innovation and Standards Adoption,” in John L. King, and Kalle Lyytinen, eds., Proceedings of the Workshop on Standard Making: A Critical Research Frontier for Information Systems, Seattle, Wash. (December 2003): 236-257.

Joel West, “Network Externalities vs. Switching Costs: Which Better Explains Buyer Decisions On Computer Standards?” PDMA Research Conference Proceedings 2001, Santa Clara, Calif. (Oct. 2001): 159-176.

Joel West, “Qualcomm’s Standards Strategy,” Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, Boulder, Colorado (Oct. 2001): 62-76. DOI: 10.1109/SIIT.2001.968556

Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Proprietary vs. Open Standards in the Network Era: An Examination of the Linux Phenomenon,Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii (Jan. 2001): 5011.

Joel West, “Reconsidering the Assumptions for ‘Tipping’ in Network Markets,Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology, Aachen, Germany (Sept. 1999): 163-168.

Joel West, “Organizational Decisions for I.T. Standards Adoption: Antecedents and Consequences,Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology, Aachen, Germany (Sept. 1999): 13-18.

Joel West and John L. Graham, “Language’s Consequences: A Test of Linguistic-Based Measures of Culture Using Hofstede’s Dimensions,” Proceedings of the Academy of Management 58th Annual Meeting, International Management Division, San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 1998).

Joel West, “Pioneer Advantage Under Increasing Returns to Scale: A Conceptual Framework for Information Technology Industries,” Proceedings of the American Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference, Austin, Texas (Feb. 1998).

Teaching Cases

Joel West, “Palomar Software,” “Symbian: Ecosystem Strategy” and “Solar Energy: The Road to Grid Parity,” unpublished cases, San José State University, College of Business, October 2008.

Joel West and Justin Tan, “Qualcomm in China (A),Asian Case Research Journal, 6, 2 (Dec. 2002): 85-100, DOI: 10.1142/S0218927502000257. Also published by Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Case 9B01M073, February 2003.

Joel West and Justin Tan, “Qualcomm in China (B),Asian Case Research Journal, 6, 2 (Dec. 2002): 101-128, DOI: 10.1142/S0218927502000269. Also published by Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Case 9B01M074, February 2003.

Joel West, “Digital Music: Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley” and “Live365: Sustaining the Internet Radio Revolution,” unpublished cases, San José State University, College of Business, October 2002.

Joel West, “Qualcomm 2000: CDMA Technologies,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case 302-069-1, May 2002.

Joel West, “Qualcomm 2001: 3G Strategies,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case 302-070-1, May 2002. Reprinted in Sherrie Bolin, ed., The Standards Edge, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Sheridan Books, 2002, pp. 497-513.

Joel West, “Qualcomm 2002: Update,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case 302-069-9, May 2002.

Select Reports and Working Papers

Marcel Bogers, Jonathan Sims and Joel West, “What Is an Ecosystem? Incorporating 25 Years of Ecosystem Research,” January 15, 2019. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3437014.

Joel West, “Market, Policy and Environmental Influences on the Creation and Adoption of Solar Power in California, 1900-2010,” November 3, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2010114.

Marcel Bogers and Joel West “Contrasting Innovation Creation and Commercialization within Open, User and Cumulative Innovation,” July 13, 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1751025.

Joel West and Caroline Simard, “Balancing Intrapreneurial Innovation vs. Entrepreneurial Spinoffs During Periods of Technological Ferment,” Sloan Industry Studies working paper series, WP-2007-32, May 2007.

Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony, “The VistA Open Source Project,” December 31, 2003.

Joel West, “Apple Computer: The iCEO Seizes the Internet,” Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), UC Irvine, Working Paper #348, October 2002.

Joel West, “Cross-cultural Differences in Entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific PC Industry,” UC Irvine, working paper, January 1997.

Joel West, “Moderators of the Diffusion of Technological Innovation: Growth of the Japanese PC Industry,” Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), UC Irvine, Working Paper #PAC-096, January 1996.

Joel West, “Building Japan’s Information Superhighway,” Japan Policy Research Institute, Working Paper No. 7, February 1995.

Joel West, Object-Oriented Distributed Simulation, JPL Technical Report, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., 1985 (part of the JPL Time Warp research project).

Book Reviews

Joel West, “The Power of Mobility: How Your Business Can Compete and Win in the Next Technology Revolution,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 26, 1 (January 2009): 114. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00338_4.x

Joel West, “Dealing with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of Their Evolution,” Academy of Management Perspectives, 21, 1 (Feb. 2007): 91-92.

Joel West, “Understanding Open Source Licensing: Three How-to Guides,” IEEE Software 22, 4 (July/August 2005): 114-116. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2005.89

Joel West, “Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 50, 1 (Feb. 2003).

Joel West, “Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 16, 5 (Sept. 1999): 504-505.

Joel West, “Waves of Power: The Dynamics of Global Technology Leadership, 1964-2010,” Academy of Management TIM Newsletter, 10, 1 (Fall 1997): 5.

Joel West, “The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative Study of Industry Evolution and Structure,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 14, 2 (March 1997): 152-154. DOI: 10.1016/S0737-6782(97)83960-4

Joel West, “Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology-Management Practices,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 13, 4 (July 1996): 381-382.

Other Articles

Web log author for Open Innovation, Bio Business, Cleantech Business, Engineering Entrepreneurship and Open IT Strategies blogs, 2007-present; syndicated by Seeking Alpha, 2008-2016

“Open Innovation’s Challenge: Letting Go Is Hard To Do,” BusinessWeek.com, April 1, 2010.

“World Report” columnist, Koryû, CSK Corporation, Tokyo, 1999-2001.

Xanadu Comes to Japan,” Computing Japan, 3, 8 (Sep. 1996), 26-27.

“Where’s the On Ramp? Puzzling over Japan’s Information Future,” Tokyo Business Today, 63, 9 (Aug. 1995), 42-44.

“Christmas is still just a little bit subversive in Japan,” San Diego Union-Tribune, (Dec. 23, 1994).

Technology columnist, MacWEEK, 1988-1990. Also numerous articles in Byte, MacTutor and MacUser, 1986-1989.

Presentations

A total of 75 paper presentations (and 35 co-author presentations) from 1995-2023.

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San José State

College of Engineering, M.S.E. Final Project

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