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- 2012
- Working Paper
IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property
By: Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin and Willy C. Shih
In this paper we explain how firms seeking to take advantage of distributed innovation and outsourcing can bridge the tension between value creation and value capture by modifying the modular structure of their technical systems. Specifically, we introduce the concept... View Details
- Aug 2012
- Conference Presentation
Organizational Design in Business Ecosystems
- 30 Jul 2012 - 1 Aug 2012
- Talk
The Angel's Bargain: Complementary Strategies in Business Ecosystems
- 2012
- Chapter
IP Modularity in Software Ecosystems: How SugarCRM's IP and Business Model Shape Its Product Architecture
By: Josef Waltl, Joachim Henkel and Carliss Y. Baldwin
- 30 Jul 2012 - 1 Aug 2012
- Talk
Managing Intellectual Property in Business Ecosystems
- 8 Jun 2012 - 12 Jun 2012
- Lecture
Legal Challenges of Distributed Innovation
- 2012
- Working Paper
Organization Design for Distributed Innovation
Systems of distributed innovation—so-called business ecosystems—have become increasingly prevalent in many industries. These entities generally encompass numerous corporations, individuals, and communities that might be individually autonomous but related through their... View Details
- 11 May 2012 - 12 May 2012
- Conference Presentation
Patents and Modularity
- February 2012 (Revised December 2013)
- Supplement
Saks Incorporated
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Stefon Burns
- February 2012 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Saks Incorporated
By: Carliss Baldwin and Stefon Burns
Saks Fifth Avenue, a luxury department store chain, has been hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis and stock market crash. Speculation about impending bankruptcy is rampant in the press. The CEO, Stephen Sadove, must decide how to respond. View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
The Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Joachim Henkel
Modularity is a means of partitioning technical knowledge about a product or process. When state-sanctioned intellectual property rights are ineffective or costly to enforce, modularity can be used to hide information and thus protect intellectual property (IP). We... View Details
- 18 Nov 2011
- Conference Presentation
Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation
- November – December 2011
- Article
Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation
By: Carliss Baldwin and Eric von Hippel
In this paper, we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single-user individuals or firms and open collaborative innovation. We analyze the design costs and architectures and... View Details
Keywords: Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Design; Cost; Communication; Competition; Economy; Research; Policy; Practice
- 23 Sep 2011
- Conference Presentation
Impact of Modularity on Intellectual Property and Value Appropriation
- 2011 - 2011
- Keynote Speech