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Karim R. Lakhani
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 150
Citations - 14696
Karim R. Lakhani is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Open innovation & Software development. The author has an hindex of 41, co-authored 145 publications receiving 13008 citations. Previous affiliations of Karim R. Lakhani include Dartmouth College & National Bureau of Economic Research.
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How open source software works: “free” user-to-user assistance
Karim R. Lakhani,Eric von Hippel +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how the mundane but necessary task of field support is organized in the case of Apache web server software, and why some project participants are motivated to provide this service gratis to others.
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Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Motivation and Effort in Free/Open Source Software Projects
Karim R. Lakhani,Robert Wolf +1 more
TL;DR: It is found that enjoyment-based intrinsic motivation, namely how creative a person feels when working on the project, is the strongest and most pervasive driver.
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Marginality and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast Search
TL;DR: Female solvers---known to be in the “outer circle” of the scientific establishment---performed significantly better than men in developing successful solutions, and the value of openness is demonstrated in removing barriers to entry to nonobvious individuals.
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Community, joining, and specialization in open source software innovation: a case study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an inductive theory of the open source software innovation process by focussing on the creation of Freenet, a project aimed at developing a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer electronic file sharing network.