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- 2024
- Working Paper
Igniting Innovation: Evidence from PyTorch on Technology Control in Open Collaboration
By: Daniel Yue and Frank Nagle
Many companies offer free access to their technology to encourage outside addon
innovation, hoping to later profit by raising prices or harnessing the power of the crowd
while continuing to steer the direction of innovation. They can achieve this balance by
opening... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Power and Influence; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Corporate Governance
Yue, Daniel, and Frank Nagle. "Igniting Innovation: Evidence from PyTorch on Technology Control in Open Collaboration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-013, September 2024.
- Research Summary
Overview
By: Andy Wu
How can technology entrepreneurs build competitive advantage from the ground up? Professor Andy Wu conducts scholarly research and develops course materials that document how technology entrepreneurs can (1) organize for innovation to create new market opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Growth Management; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Technology Platform; Technological Innovation; Information Technology Industry; Retail Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Video Game Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; China; Southeast Asia; South Asia
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
platform owner make it attractive for potential customers to buy the platform even if there are few complementary applications? And how can a platform owner persuade complementors to invest in platform-specific innovations if there is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
influences scientists' hazards of transitioning to for-profit science. With Friends Like These: The Art of Managing Complementors Authors:David B Yoffie and Mary Kwak Periodical:Harvard Business Review 84, no. 9 (September 2006) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 8, 2015
complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from Amazon.com, we analyze the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
services flow from the company to customers. Money flows in the reverse direction, from customers to the company and from the company to suppliers. Along the horizontal dimension are the company's competitors and complementors . . . . A... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
study the incentives of complementors (producers of complementary products) to cooperate vs. compete and how these interact. In a system of complements, like the PC, the value of the final product depends on how well the different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2002
- What Do You Think?
Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?
encourages others to do it), modularity and openness (determining the ease with which outside complementors can "hitch their wagons" to the platform), balance (between competition and collaboration with producers of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
the offering, given the value proposition and value chain structure chosen; describe the position of the firm within the value network linking suppliers and customers, including identification of potential complementors and competitors;... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their innovations, or they may target poor performing complementors to improve the platforms' overall quality. Using data from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
examine the direct entry of platform owners into complementors’ product spaces. It finds that both the motivation and impact of such entries on complementors are multifaceted. The motivation behind platform owners’ direct entry goes... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53418 Threat of Platform-Owner Entry and Complementor Responses: Evidence from the Mobile App Market By: Wen, Wen, and Feng Zhu Abstract—We examine how app developers... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
with limited financial resources can then focus on supplying superior bottleneck modules, while outsourcing and allowing complementors to supply non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this strategy will have a higher... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
firm can mandate a royalty fee from the complementor producer, we find that the value-capture problem is mitigated to some extent and consumer surplus rises. However, because royalty fees greatly reduce the incentives of the firm paying... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
modular structure also facilitates the development of complements by distributed and anonymous complementors and simplifies downstream customizations, thus enhancing the platform's attractiveness. We find that SugarCRM implements IP... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
Tail, and discusses the strategic implications for online retailers. Together with Barry Nalebuff (Yale School of Management) and David Yoffie (HBS), Ramon is working on a model of competitive interaction between Microsoft, Intel, and AMD. The paper, titled... View Details