[A2k] released: Open Business Guide

[Vera Franz]

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OpenBusiness Guide v1.0 online
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/The_OpenBusiness_Guide[1]
OpenBusiness.cc, an international initiative with partners in Brazil, South
Africa and the UK, supported by the Open Society Institute, International
Development Research Centre Canada, Ford Foundation and Arts Council Englan=
d,
has collected examples of new business models and processes that focus on:
    * lowering the costs of market entry for individuals by providing tools=
 or
services, that =91open=92 up traditional business boundaries using the Inte=
rnet
    * sharing information for free using alternative =91open copyright mode=
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while exploring new revenue models
    * giving substantial parts of content away for free while creating
derivative revenue streams
    * operate organizationally like Open Source software production, but
translate the model to services (finance, or film or music production)
The guide represents a first attempt to summarize a trend towards more 'ope=
n'
ways to run a business touching upon concepts, mechanisms and principles su=
ch
as web 2.0, peer to peer economics, social networking, crowd sourcing, open
innovation, peer production, non-monetary incentives, free culture, Creativ=
e
Commons  and Free and Open Source Software.
The first version of the Guide combines theoretical background with practic=
al
recommendations. Near the end of the Guide readers can find strategic advis=
e
and some selected case studies. In the spirit of the project the Guide is
available as a Wiki so it can be improved and become a growing resource for
'open entrepreneurship'.
It can be found at:
http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/The_OpenBusiness_Guide[2]
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Vera Franz
Program Manager
Information Program
<www.soros.org/ip[3]>
Open Society Foundation
100, Cambridge Grove
London W6 0LE
phone +44 20 7031 0219
fax +44 20 7031 0247

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  1. http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/The_OpenBusiness_Guide
  2. http://wiki.icommons.org/index.php/The_OpenBusiness_Guide
  3. http://www.soros.org/ip