Networks of Innovation

Ilkka Tuomi authored a book entitled Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the age of the Internet. - New York: Oxford university Press, 2002. - ISBN 0-19-925698-5 In the "Introduction" to the book, dated 20 February 2002, Tuomi begins by pointing out well-known facts as to the historical success of the open source computer software development model. He cites examples, including the development of ARPANET. After briefly describing the un... more

Ilkka Tuomi authored a book entitled Networks of Innovation: Change and Meaning in the age of the Internet. - New York: Oxford university Press, 2002. - ISBN 0-19-925698-5 In the "Introduction" to the book, dated 20 February 2002, Tuomi begins by pointing out well-known facts as to the historical success of the open source computer software development model. He cites examples, including the development of ARPANET. After briefly describing the unconventional nature of the development of the Linux computer operating system, he then suggests it is useful to examine the "social and cognitive phenomena" that underlie the myriad of recent internet-related innovations. "By studying such innovations," he writes, "we can open some black boxes of innovation theory, including such widely used concepts as learning, capability, utility, and consumption." Furthermore, Tuomi says one can learn much about innovation in general by studying the internet-related innovations. Indeed, by doing so, one... less