Nearly all of Joel’s research is in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. Since 2004, he has been working specifically on open innovation, the paradigm created by Henry Chesbrough’s 2003 book of the same name.

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See also Joel’s research on intellectual property and the Open Innovation website.

Publications

Joel West and Karim Lakhani, “Getting Clear About the Role of Communities in Open Innovation,” Industry & Innovation, 15, 2 (April 2008): 223-231. DOI: 10.1080/13662710802033734

Joel West, “Seeking Open Infrastructure: Contrasting Open Standards, Open Source and Open Innovation,” First Monday, 12, 6 (June 2007).

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.

Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

Joel West, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Henry Chesbrough, “Open Innovation: A Research Agenda,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 285-307.

Joel West and Scott Gallagher, “Patterns of Open Innovation in Open Source Software,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 82-106.

Joel West, “Does Appropriability Enable or Retard Open Innovation?” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 109-133.

Caroline Simard and Joel West, “Knowledge networks and the geographic locus of innovation,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 220-240.

Conference Papers

Joel West and Marcel Bogers, “User, Open and Cumulative Innovation,” User and Open Innovation Workshop (UOI 2009 ), Hamburg University of Technology, June 3-5, 2009.

Joel West, “Managing Open Innovation Networks: Lessons from Mobile Phones,” 6th HBS-MIT User and Open Innovation Workshop, Harvard Business School, August 5, 2008.

Joel West and Scott Gallagher, “Open Innovation: The Paradox of Firm Investment in Open Source Software,” Western Academy of Management, Las Vegas, April 1, 2005.

Presentations and Lectures

Marcel Bogers, Allan N. Afuah, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Frank T. Piller, Christopher L. Tucci, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, “User Innovation and Firm Boundaries: Organizing for Innovation by Users,” joint symposium, Technology and Innovation Management, Business Policy and Strategy and Organization & Management Theory divisions, Academy of Management conference, Anaheim, Calif., August 11, 2008.

Keynote speaker, Managing Open Innovation through Online Communities track, European Academy of Management 2007 conference, May 17, 2007.

Keynote speaker, Conference on “Open Innovation – Enterprise Transformation,” Center for Paper Business & Industry Studies Sloan Foundation Industry Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, September 19, 2005.

Joel West (organizer and discussant), Jens Frøslev Christensen, Kira Fabrizio, Keld Laursen, Wim Vanhaverbeke, “Open Innovation: Empirical Research on Locating and Incorporating External Innovations,” Academy of Management conference, All-Academy Symposium, Honolulu, August 9, 2005.

Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West, Ashish Arora, Jens Frøslev Christensen, Kwanghui Lim, Gina Markku Maula and Colarelli O’Connor, “Managing Open Innovation: A Research Agenda,” professional development workshop, Business Policy and Strategy and Technology and Innovation Management divisions, Academy of Management conference, New Orleans, La., August 7, 2004.

Last Updated May 4, 2009

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