[A2k] [EVENT, CFP] CREATING VALUE THROUGH DIGITAL COMMONS (Jan 27)

[Andrea Glorioso]

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                                CALL FOR PAPER

                    TRACK WITHIN THE EURAM Conference 2008

                    CREATING VALUE THROUGH DIGITAL COMMONS.

    How collective management of IPRs, open innovation models, and digital
         communities shape the industrial dynamics in the XXI century.

                   Ljubljana & Blend - May 15^th -17^th 2008

TRACK DESCRIPTION

The track, hosted within the EURAM Conference 2008 (http://www.euram2008.or=
g),
focuses on how digital commons (DC) create value through open ways of manag=
ing
knowledge and innovation. We encourage the submission of papers addressing =
how
open accessibility, mainly through digital networks, is affecting economic
activities.

In recent years, information has become a primary wealth-creating asset, wh=
ile
technological developments have transformed the production process from
physically-based to knowledge-based. As a consequence, the management of
technology and knowledge are key factors to compete on the markets.

Following this path, new ways of managing IPRs that foster instead of limit=
 the
access to information (Benkler, 2006), have emerged as reliable business
opportunities for firms in different sectors (software, biotechnologies,
pharmaceutical, media, industrial design). Moreover, the creativity and
competitiveness of companies are benefiting from open production and innova=
tion
methods (Chesbrough, 2003; von Hippel, 2005), relying on an emergent divisi=
on
of labour, collective ownership of intellectual properties, and information
sharing in on-line communities. Leading examples of these new trends are th=
e
success of Free/Open Source (FOSS) solutions; the increasing usage of Creat=
ive
Commons Licenses; the phenomenal success of the on-line encyclopaedia Wikip=
edia
and, more generally, the flourishing of user generated contents.

This track aims at contributing to the research agenda on the economic
exploitation of digital commons, dealing with intriguing research questions
as.: how is possible to profit from public knowledge? How does the open mod=
el
perform compared to the proprietary one? Do digital commons favour the crea=
tion
of new ventures? How to manage incentives and the division of labour in ope=
n
environments? Which are the strategies to compete in such new markets?

SUBMISSIONS

Extended abstracts will be considered, but a preference will be given to fu=
ll
papers. We invite well-crafted papers contributing original ideas on differ=
ent
sectors as software, biotechnology, media, pharmaceutical, and industrial
design. All submissions will receive a double blind review process.

A non-exhaustive list of themes is as follows:

l      BUSINESS MODELS: taxonomies and case studies on how firms extract va=
lue
>From digital commons; sustainability of open business models; relationships
between firms and virtual communities; division of labour and competitive
strategies in open environments;

l      OPEN INSTITUTIONAL REGIMES: new ways of managing IPRs; comparison
between open and traditional IPRs regimes; free riding vs. trust in on-line
communities; policies to increase knowledge production by sharing and re-us=
ing

l      FREE/OPEN SOURCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: FOSS-based firms as a special cas=
e of
New Technology-Based Firms; fund-rising of FOSS based enterprises; FOSS
strategies of large and small software companies; hybridization between
commercial and Free/Open Software; FOSS strategies in developing countries

l      OPEN INNOVATION: internal vs. external sources of knowledge, new way=
s of
organising R&D; types of knowledge and models of governance; open managemen=
t
and integration of intangible assets; assessment of users' integration insi=
de
firms boundaries; on-line community building and management.

l      COMMONS-BASED CREATIVITY: how public availability of contents throug=
h
digital networks fosters creativity; analysis of collective invention/creat=
ion
processes (Wikipedia, Linux, SETI@home); reuse and mixing of existing conte=
nts
as lever of creativity; economic exploitation of public licensed contents.

We are making arrangements for a Special Issue of an International Journal =
and
are planning to invite two keynote speakers among the most important schola=
rs
in the field.

TRACK CHAIRS:

Cristina Rossi,  Politecnico di Milano, cristina1.rossi@polimi.it
Lorenzo Benussi,  University of Turin, lorenzo.benussi@unito.it
Jean Michel Dalle, Universit=C3=A9 Pierre et Marie Curie, jean-michel.dalle=
@upmc.fr

DEADLINES

Authors should submit their potential contribution to this EURAM track by 2=
7
January 2008 24:00 (CET)trough the conference Web site (see http://
www.euram2008.org/CallForPapers.asp)

Decisions of paper acceptance will be made by FEBRUARY 22^TH 2008

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      Andrea Glorioso || http://people.digitalpolicy.it/sama/cv/
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   "Every honest researcher I know admits he's just a professional
   amateur. He's doing whatever he's doing for the first time. That
  makes him an amateur. He has sense enough to know that he's going
     to have a lot of trouble, so that makes him a professional."
=09=09Charles Franklin Kettering (1876-1958)
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