Enabling knowledge creation through outsiders: towards a push model of open innovation

Sebastian Spaeth, Matthias Stuermer, Georg von Krogh · 2010 · International Journal of Technology Management

Summary. This paper introduces a push model of open innovation where external individuals and organizations voluntarily create and contribute knowledge to firms' projects. Analyzing the Eclipse Development Platform, the authors find that outsiders invest as much effort as the founding firm. They identify four enabling conditions: preemptive generosity, continuous commitment, adaptive governance, and low entry barriers that facilitate this external knowledge creation and contribution.

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DOI

10.1504/ijtm.2010.035983

Countries

Switzerland

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28