Books

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• Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. D., Wikinomics; How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, Portfolio Pub. Co., 2007. Popularization of open innovation for the business community by Don Tapscott, author of The Digital Economy and his colleague.
• Chesbrough, H., Vanhaverbeke W. and West,J. editors, Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm Oxford University Press, 2006. A collection of papers on firms and organizations practicing Open Innovation and value networks.
• Von Hippel, E., Democratizing Innovation, MIT Press, 2005. Eric Von Hippel was the first researcher advocating the importance of lead users in designing products, which was generalized by Henry Chesbrough in Open Innovation.
• Surowiecki, J., The Wisdom of Crowds Random House, 2004. Listen to James Surowiecki's narration of the Introduction that discusses how large groups of people are smarter than individuals at solving problems and fostering innovation.
• Chesbrough, H. W., Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from New Technology, Harvard Business School Press, 2003. Henry Chesbrough defined the ‘open innovation' paradigm, which advocates that innovation must be managed as an open system with an external focus.
• Toffler, A., The Third Wave Bantam Books, 1980. Futurologist Alvin Toffler predicted the rise of a prosumer who serves both as a producer and consumer.