Last Updated August 14, 2024
Curriculum Vitae
Joel West
Hildegard College
150 Paularino Avenue
Costa Mesa CA 92626
http://www.JoelWest.org/
E-mail:
HC@joelwest.org
Google Scholar page: http://bit.ly/joelGS
- Contents:
- Publications (journal articles, books,
book chapters, proceedings, cases,
reports, book
reviews, other)
- Presentations (conferences, panels,
keynote speaker, discussant, invited,
industry)
- Honors, and service to academia, university, industry and the community
- Academic, teaching and industry
experience
- Education
Research Interests
My research
program focuses on two broad themes: 1) Network forms of
open innovation collaboration and coopetition, including
communities, consortia, ecosystems, and platforms; 2)
Entrepreneurial entry and growth strategies early in a new
technological regime.
Publications
Journal Articles
Steven Casper and Joel West,
“University Innovation and the Emergence of Four California Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,”
Academy of Management Perspectives, published online 18 Mar 2024, DOI: 10.5465/amp.2023.0058
Carliss Y. Baldwin, Marcel L.A.M. Bogers and Joel West, “Focusing the ecosystem lens on innovation studies,” Research Policy
53, 3 (2024): 104949.
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104949
Jennifer Kuan and Joel West, “Interfaces, Modularity and Ecosystem Emergence:
How DARPA Modularized the Semiconductor Ecosystem,” Research Policy
52, 8 (2023): 104789.
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2023.104789
Thierry Rayna and Joel West,
“Where Digital Meets Physical Innovation: Reverse Salients and the Unrealized Dreams of 3D Printing,”
Journal of Product Innovation Management 40, 4 (2023): 530-553.
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12681
Paul L. Drnevich and Joel West, “Performance Implications of
Technological Uncertainty, Age, and Size for Small Businesses,” Journal
of Small Business Management, 61, 4 (2023): 1806-1841. DOI:
10.1080/00472778.2020.1867733
Paul Olk and Joel West, “Distributed Governance of a Complex Ecosystem:
How R&D Consortia Orchestrate the Alzheimer’s Knowledge Ecosystem,”
California Management Review 65, 2 (2023), 93-128.
DOI: 10.1177/00081256231165329
Krithika Randhawa, Joel West, Katrina Skellern and Emmanuel
Josseran, “Evolving a Value Chain to an Open Innovation Ecosystem:
Cognitive Engagement of Stakeholders in Customizing Medical
Implants,” California Management Review 63, 2
(2021), 101-134. DOI: 10.1177/0008125620974435
Joel West, “Localized Knowledge Flows and Asymmetric Motivations
in Open Innovation,” Journal of Innovation Economics &
Management, 32,
2 (2020), 181-196. DOI: 10.3917/jie.032.0181
Sophie Mignon, Cécile Ayerbe, Sandra Dubouloz, Marc Robert and
Joel West, “Managerial Innovation and Management of Open
Innovation,” Journal of Innovation Economics & Management,
32,
2 (2020), 3-12. DOI: 10.3917/jie.032.0003
Paul Olk and Joel West, “The Relationship of Industry Structure
to Open Innovation: Cooperative Value Creation in Pharmaceutical
Consortia,” R&D Management, 50, 1 (January 2020),
116-135. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12364
Krithika Randhawa, Ralf Wilden and Joel West, “Crowdsourcing
without Profit: The Role of the Seeker in Open Social Innovation,”
R&D Management, 49, 3 (June 2019), 298-317. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12357
Erik G. Hansen, Florian Lüdeke-Freund, Iris Xiaohong Quan, and Joel
West, “Cross-National Complementarity of Technology Push, Demand
Pull, and Manufacturing Push Policies: The Case of Photovoltaics,” IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, 65, 4 (November
2018): 1-7. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2018.2833878
Anne Greul, Joel West and Simon Bock, “Open
at birth? Why new firms do (or don’t) use open innovation,”
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12, 3 (September
2018): 392-420. DOI: 10.1002/sej.1282
Oliver Alexy, Joel West, Helge Klapper, and Markus Reitzig, “Surrendering Control to
Gain Advantage: Reconciling Openness and the Resource-based View
of the Firm,” Strategic Management Journal, Special
Issue on New Theory in Strategic Management, 39, 6 (June 2018):
1704-1727. DOI: 10.1002/smj.2706
Joel West and Marcel Bogers, “Open Innovation: Current Status
& Research Opportunities,” Innovation:
Organization & Management, 19, 1 (2017): 43-50.
DOI:
10.1080/14479338.2016.1258995
Christopher L. Tucci, Henry Chesbrough, Frank Piller, and Joel
West, “When do firms
undertake open, collaborative activities? Introduction to the
special section on open innovation and open business models,”
Industrial & Corporate Change, 25, 2 (April 2016):
283-288. DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtw002
Joel West and George Kuk, “The
complementarity of openness: How MakerBot leveraged Thingiverse
in 3D printing,” Technological Forecasting & Social
Change, 102 (Jan.
2016): 169-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.07.025
Joel West and Marcel Bogers, “Leveraging External
Sources of Innovation: A Review of Research on Open Innovation,”
Journal
of Product Innovation Management, 31, 4 (July 2014):
814-831. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12125
Joel West, Ammon Salter, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Henry Chesbrough,
“Open innovation: The next decade,” Special Issue on Open
Innovation: New Insights and Evidence, Research Policy,
43, 5 (June
2014): 805-811. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.03.001
Joel West, “Too Little, Too
Early: California’s Transient Advantage in the Photovoltaic
Solar Industry,” Journal
of Technology Transfer, 39, 3 (June
2014): 487-501. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-012-9291-6
Marcel Bogers and Joel West, “Managing Distributed
Innovation: Strategic Utilization of Open and User Innovation,”
Creativity
and Innovation Management, 21, 1 (March 2012): 61–75.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2011.00622.x
Joel West and Michael Mace, “Browsing as the killer
app: Explaining the rapid success of Apple’s iPhone,” Telecommunications
Policy, 34, 5-6 (June-July 2010): 270-286. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.12.002
Joel West, “Policy
Challenges of Open, Cumulative, and User Innovation,” Washington University
Journal of Law & Policy 30 (2009):
17-41. Reprinted in Shubha Ghosh, ed., Intellectual Property
and Innovation, Vol. 1, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar,
2017.
Scott Gallagher and Joel West, “Reconceptualizing and
expanding the positive feedback network effects model: A case
study,” Journal of
Engineering and Technology Management 26, 3 (Sept.
2009): 131-147. DOI: 10.1016/j.jengtecman.2009.06.007
Joel West, “Before
Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of the San Diego Telecom
Industry,” Journal
of San Diego History, 55, 1-2 (Winter/Spring
2009): 1-20.
Rudi Bekkers and Joel West, “The Limits to IPR
Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in
UMTS,” Telecommunications
Policy, 33, 1-2 (Feb.-March 2009): 80-97. DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.11.003
Rudi Bekkers and Joel West, “Standards, Patents and Mobile
Phones: Lessons from ETSI’s Handling of UMTS,” International
Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research,
7, 1 (January 2009), 13-34. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2009010102
. Reprinted in Networking and Telecommunications:
Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts,
Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, Hershey, PA:
Information Science Reference, 2010, pp. 235-257.
Joel West, “Commercializing
Open Science: Deep Space Communications as the Lead Market for
Shannon Theory, 1960-1973,” Journal
of Management Studies, 45, 8 (December 2008),
1506-1532. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00807.x
Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony,
“The Role of Participation Architecture in Growing Sponsored
Open Source Communities,”
Industry & Innovation, 15, 2 (April 2008): 145-168. DOI:
10.1080/13662710801970142. Reprinted in Linus
Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen & Francesco Rullani, eds., Online
Communities and Open Innovation: Governance and Symbolic Value
Creation, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 39-54.
Joel West and Karim R. Lakhani,
“Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation,”
Industry & Innovation, 15, 2 (April
2008): 223-231. DOI:
10.1080/13662710802033734. Reprinted in Linus
Dahlander, Lars Frederiksen & Francesco Rullani, eds., Online
Communities and Open Innovation: Governance and Symbolic Value
Creation, London: Routledge, 2011, pp. 109-117.
Joel West,
“Seeking Open Infrastructure: Contrasting Open Standards, Open
Source and Open Innovation,” First Monday,
12, 6 (June 2007). DOI: 10.5210/fm.v12i6.1913
Joel West and Jason Dedrick,
“Scope and Timing of Deployment: Moderators of Organizational
Adoption of the Linux Server Platform,”
International Journal of IT Standards Research 4, 2
(July 2006): 1-23. DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2006070101
. Reprinted in Kai Jakobs, ed.
Standardization Research in Information Technology: New
Perspectives, Hershey, PA: Information Science
Reference, 2008, pp. 122-141.
Joel West and Scott Gallagher,
“Challenges of Open Innovation: The Paradox of Firm Investment
in Open Source Software,”
R&D Management, 36, 3 (June 2006), 315-328. DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00436.x
Joel West and John L. Graham, “A Linguistic-Based Measure
of Cultural Distance and its Relationship to Managerial Values,”
Management
International Review, 44, 3
(2004): 239-260.
URL:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40835991
Joel West, “How Open
is Open Enough? Melding Proprietary and Open Source Platform
Strategies,” Research
Policy 32, 7 (July
2003): 1259-1285. DOI:
10.1016/S0048-7333(03)00052-0
John L. King and Joel West, “Ma Bell’s
Orphan: US Cellular Telephony, 1947-1996,”
Telecommunications Policy 26, 3-4 (April/May 2002):
189-203. DOI:
10.1016/S0308-5961(02)00008-3
Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Open
Source Standardization: The Rise of Linux in the Network Era,”
Knowledge,
Technology & Policy, 14, 2 (Summer
2001): 88-112.
DOI:
10.1007/PL00022278
Joel West and Jason Dedrick,
“Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and
Fall of Japan’s PC-98,” Information Systems Research, 11, 2 (June
2000): 197-216. DOI:
10.1287/isre.11.2.197.11778
Joel West,
“Utopianism and National Competitiveness in Technology Rhetoric:
The Case of Japan’s Information Infrastructure,” The
Information Society, 12, 3 (July
1996): 251-272. DOI: 10.1080/019722496129459
Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Kuk-Hwan Jeong, John Leslie
King, Thierry Vedel, Joel West and Poh-Kam Wong,
“National Information Infrastructure: A Cross-country
Comparison,”
Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 2 (1996):
81-93.
Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer,
“Reconciling Vision and Reality in Japan’s NII Policy,”
Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 1 (1996):
15-39. Reprinted in National Information Infrastructure:
Comparison of Visions and Realities in France, Japan, Korea,
Singapore and the United States, NCA V-RER-95133, Seoul: National Computerization Agency,
1996, pp. 40-71.
Joel West, “Software
Rights and Japan’s Shift to an Information Society,”
Asian Survey, 35, 12 (Dec. 1995): 1118-1139. DOI:
10.1525/as.1995.35.12.01p0078d Reprinted in Edward
R. Beauchamp, ed., The
Japanese Economy and Economic Issues since 1945, New
York: Garland, 1998, pp. 274-296.
Non-Editorial Articles
Joel West and Vladislav V. Fomin, “Competing
views of standards competition: Response to Egyedi &
Koppenhol,” letter, International
Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research,
9, 1 (January 2011): i-iv.
Henk de Vries and Joel West, “Guest
Editorial,” International
Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research,
4, 1 (January 2006): iii-iv.
Scientific Articles
Mikhail Martchenko Shilman, Gloria Bartolo, Saleem Alameh, Johnny W. Peterson, William S. Lawrence, Jennifer E. Peel, Satheesh K. Sivasubramani, David W. C. Beasley, Christopher K. Cote, Samandra T. Demons, Stephanie A. Halasahoris, Lynda L. Miller, Christopher P. Klimko, Jennifer L. Shoe, David P. Fetterer, Ryan McComb, Chi-Lee C. Ho, Kenneth A. Bradley, Stella Hartmann, Luisa W. Cheng, Marina Chugunova, Chiu-Yen Kao, Jennifer K. Tran, Aram Derbedrossian, Leeor Zilbermintz, Emiene Amali-Adekwu, Anastasia Levitin and Joel West, “In vivo activity of repurposed amodiaquine as a host-targeting therapy for the treatment of Anthrax,” ACS Infectious Diseases 7, 8 (2021): 2176-2191. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.1c00190
Leeor Zilbermintz, William Leonardi, Sun-Young Jeong, Megan
Sjodt, Ryan McComb, Chi-Lee C. Ho, Cary Retterer, Dima Gharaibeh,
Rouzbeh Zamani, Veronica Soloveva, Sina Bavari, Anastasia Levitin,
Joel West, Kenneth A. Bradley, Robert T. Clubb, Stanley N. Cohen,
Vivek Gupta and Mikhail Martchenko, “Identification of agents
effective against multiple toxins and viruses by host-oriented
cell targeting,” Scientific Reports 5, 13476 (2015).
DOI: 10.1038/srep13476
Joel West and Alasdar Mullarney, “ModSim: A Language for
Distributed Simulation,” Proceedings of Distributed Simulation
1988, Society for Computer
Simulation, 19, 3 (July 1988): 155-159.
Books
Henry Chesbrough, Agnieszka Radziwon, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds.,
Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023.ISBN:
978-0-19-289979-8
Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., New Frontiers in Open
Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. ISBN:
978-0-19-968246-1.
(Reprinted in paperback, 2016. ISBN:
0-19-880399-0).
Translated as Novas Fronteiras em Inovação Aberta, São Paulo: Blucher, 2017. ISBN: 978-85-212-1120-4.
Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0-19-929072-5.
(Reprinted in paperback, 2008. ISBN: 0-19-922646-6).
Joel West, Programming
with Macintosh Programmer’s Workshop, New York: Bantam
Computer Books, 1987, ISBN: 0-55334436-6.
Book Chapters
Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation (2023) ISBN:
978-0-19-289979-8
- Agnieszka Radziwon, Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, “The Future of Open Innovation,”
in Henry Chesbrough, Agnieszka Radziwon, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds.,
Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023, pp. 914-934.
Joel West and Jonathan Sims, “How Firms Leverage Crowds
and Communities,” in Allan Afuah, Christopher Tucci, and
Gianluigi Viscusi, eds., Creating and Capturing Value
through Crowdsourcing, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2018, pp. 58-96. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198816225.001.0001
Joel West, “Open Source
Platforms Beyond Software: From ICT to Biotechnology,” in
Jeffrey Furman, Annabelle Gawer, Brian S. Silverman, and Scott
Stern, eds. Advances in Strategic Management 37, 2017, pp.
337-368. DOI: 10.1108/S0742-332220170000037011
Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in Mie Augier and David J. Teece,
eds., Palgrave
Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Basingstoke, UK:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_199-1
Joel West and Anne Greul, “Atoms
matter: The role of local ‘makerspaces’ in the coming digital
economy,” in F. Xavier Olleros and Majlinda Zhegu, eds., Research Handbook on Digital Transformations, Cheltenham, U.K.:
Elgar, 2016, pp. 182-202. DOI: 10.4337/9781784717766.00016
Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in David B. Audretsch, Christopher
S. Hayter, and Albert N. Link, eds., A Concise Guide to
Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation, Cheltenham,
U.K.: Elgar, 2015, pp. 137-140. DOI: 10.4337/9781783474202
Marcus Perkmann and Joel West, “Open Science and Open
Innovation: Sourcing Knowledge from Universities,” in Albert
N. Link, Donald S. Siegel, and Mike Wright, eds., Chicago
Handbook of University Technology Transfer and Academic
Entrepreneurship, Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 2015, pp. 41-74. ISBN: 978-0226178349.
New Frontiers in Open
Innovation (2014) ISBN: 978-0-19-968246-1
- Frank Piller and Joel West, “Firms, Users, and
Innovation: An Interactive Model of Coupled Open Innovation,”
in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., New
Frontiers in Open Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2014, pp 29-49. DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682461.003.0002
- Joel West, “Challenges
of Funding Open Innovation Platforms: Lessons from Symbian
Ltd.,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel
West, eds., New Frontiers in Open Innovation, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2014, pp. 71-93. DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682461.003.0004
- Wim Vanhaverbeke, Henry Chesbrough and Joel West, “Surfing the
New Wave of Open Innovation Research,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim
Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., New Frontiers in Open
Innovation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, pp.
281-294. DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682461.003.0015
Joel West, “Open
Innovation: Learning from Alliance Research,” in Refik
Culpan, editor, Open
Innovation Through Strategic Alliances, New York:
Palgrave MacMillan, 2014, pp. 1-16. ISBN: 9781137394521.
Mary Walshok and Joel West, “Serendipity and
Symbiosis: UCSD and the Local Wireless Industry,” in Martin
Kenney and David Mowery, eds., Public
Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University
of California, Stanford: Stanford University Press,
2014, pp. 127-152. ISBN: 9780804790673.Translated into Chinese (ISBN: 978-7-302-50461-0)
Joel West and David Wood, “Evolving an Open
Ecosystem: The Rise and Fall of the Symbian Platform,” in
Ron Adner, Joanne Oxley and Brian Silverman, eds., Advances in
Strategic Management, Volume
30, 2013, pp. 27-68. DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2013)0000030005.
ISBN: 1781908265
C. Jason Woodard and Joel West, “Strategic Responses to
Standardization: Embrace, Extend or Extinguish?” in Gino
Cattani, Simone Ferriani, Lars Frederiksen, Florian Täube, eds., Advances
in
Strategic Management, Volume
28, 2011, pp. 263-285. DOI: 10.1108/S0742-3322(2011)0000028014.
ISBN: 1780521928
Joel West, “Open Innovation,” in Barry Bayus, ed., Wiley
International Encyclopedia of Marketing, Volume 5: New
Product Development, Malden, Mass.: Blackwell-Wiley, 2011, pp.
143-151. DOI: 10.1002/9781444316568.wiem05029
Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “Movement
Ideology vs. User Pragmatism in the Organizational Adoption of
Open Source Software,” in Kenneth L. Kraemer and Margaret
Elliott, eds., Computerization Movements and Technology
Diffusion: From Mainframes to Ubiquitous Computing, Medford,
NJ: Information Today, 2008, pp. 427-452. ISBN:
157387311X
Joel West, “The
Economic Realities of Open Standards: Black, White and Many
Shades of Gray,” in Shane Greenstein and Victor Stango,
eds., Standards
and Public Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 2007, pp. 87-122. ISBN: 052186450X
Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (2006) ISBN: 0-19-929072-5
- Joel West, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Henry Chesbrough, “Open
Innovation: A Research Agenda,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim
Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 285-307.
- Joel West and Scott Gallagher, “Patterns of Open Innovation
in Open Source Software,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke
and Joel West, eds., Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 82-106.
- Joel West, “Does Appropriability Enable or Retard Open
Innovation?” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke and Joel
West, eds., Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 109-133.
- Caroline Simard and Joel West, “Knowledge networks and the
geographic locus of innovation,” in Henry Chesbrough, Wim
Vanhaverbeke and Joel West, eds., Open
Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2006, pp. 220-240.
Stephen K. Kwan and Joel West, “Heterogeneity of IT
Importance: Implications for Enterprise IT Portfolio
Management,” in Ravi Kumar Jain Bandamutha and K Rajesh
Prahakar, IT and Business Strategy: An Interface,
Hyderabad: IFCA Books, 2006, pp. 160-188.
Joel West, “The
fall of a Silicon Valley icon: Was Apple really Betamax redux?”
in Richard A. Bettis, ed., Strategy
in Transition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp. 274-301. ISBN: 1405118490
Stephen K. Kwan and Joel West, “A Conceptual Model for
Enterprise Adoption of Open Source Software,” in Sherrie
Bolin, ed., The
Standards Edge: Open Season, Ann Arbor, Mich.:
Sheridan Books, 2005, pp. 51-62.
Joel West, “Institutional
Constraints in the Initial Deployment of Cellular Telephone
Service on Three Continents,” in Kai Jakobs, ed., Information
Technology Standards and Standardization: A Global
Perspective, Philadelphia: Idea Group, 2000, pp.
198-221. ISBN: 1878289705
Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Back
to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” in Brian Kahin and Ernest
J. Wilson III, eds., National
Information Infrastructure Initiatives: Vision and Policy
Design, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997, pp. 61-111.
ISBN: 0262611252
Select Conference Proceedings
Joel West, “Standardization
and Coopetition: A Study of Pharmaceutical Industry Consortia,”
in Kai Jakobs, Anne Mione, Anne-Françoise Cutting-Decelle and
Sophe Mignon, eds., EURAS
Proceedings 2016, Montpelier (June 2016), 437-454. ISBN:
978-3-95886-103-9
Marcel Bogers and Joel West, “Innovation
creation and commercialization beyond the firm: A multi-level
framework,” DRUID
Society Conference 2014, Copenhagen (June 2014), Paper
#2036.
Jason Woodard and Joel West, “Four
Perspectives on Architectural Strategy,” ICIS 2011
Proceedings, (Dec. 2011), Paper 21.
Jason Woodard and Joel West,
“Architectural Dualities in Complex Systems: A Synthesis of
Research on Technology and Organizations,” DRUID
2009 Summer Conference, Copenhagen (June 2009), WP #6032.
West, Joel, “Value
Capture and Value Networks in Open Source Vendor Strategies,”
Proceedings of the 40th Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on
System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i (Jan. 2007): 176. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2007.600
Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony, “Contrasting
Community Building in Sponsored and Community Founded Open
Source Projects,” Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawai‘i
International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa, Hawaii (Jan.
2005): 196c. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2005.166
Henk J. de Vries and Joel West,
“Introduction to the Minitrack on Standards and
Standardization,” Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii
International Conference on System Sciences, Waikoloa,
Hawaii (Jan. 2005): 202. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2005.353
Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “An
Exploratory Study into Open Source Platform Adoption,”
Proceedings of the 37th
Annual Hawai‘i International Conference on System Sciences,
Waikoloa, Hawaii (Jan. 2004): 80265b. DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2004.1265633
Joel West, “The
Role of Standards in the Creation and Use of Information
Systems,” in John L. King, and Kalle Lyytinen, eds., Proceedings
of the Workshop on Standard Making: A Critical Research Frontier
for Information Systems, Seattle, Wash. (December 2003):
314-326.
Jason Dedrick and Joel West, “Why
Firms Adopt Open Source Platforms: A Grounded Theory of
Innovation and Standards Adoption,” in John L. King, and
Kalle Lyytinen, eds., Proceedings
of the Workshop on Standard Making: A Critical Research Frontier
for Information Systems, Seattle, Wash. (December 2003):
236-257.
Joel West, “Network Externalities vs. Switching Costs: Which
Better Explains Buyer Decisions On Computer Standards?” PDMA Research
Conference Proceedings 2001, Santa Clara, Calif. (Oct.
2001): 159-176.
Joel West, “Qualcomm’s Standards Strategy,” Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE Conference on
Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology,
Boulder, Colorado (Oct. 2001): 62-76. DOI: 10.1109/SIIT.2001.968556
Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Proprietary
vs. Open Standards in the Network Era: An Examination of the
Linux Phenomenon,” Proceedings
of the 34th Annual Hawai‘i
International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, Hawaii
(Jan. 2001): 5011.
Joel West, “Reconsidering
the Assumptions for ‘Tipping’ in Network Markets,” Proceedings
of the 1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in
Information Technology, Aachen, Germany (Sept. 1999):
163-168.
Joel West, “Organizational
Decisions for I.T. Standards Adoption: Antecedents and
Consequences,” Proceedings
of the 1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in
Information Technology, Aachen, Germany (Sept. 1999): 13-18.
Joel West and John L. Graham, “Language’s
Consequences: A Test of Linguistic-Based Measures of Culture
Using Hofstede’s Dimensions,” Proceedings of the Academy of
Management 58th Annual Meeting, International Management
Division, San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 1998).
Joel West, “Pioneer Advantage Under Increasing Returns to Scale:
A Conceptual Framework for Information Technology Industries,”
Proceedings of the American
Marketing Association Winter Educators’ Conference, Austin,
Texas (Feb. 1998).
Teaching Cases
Joel West, “Palomar Software,” “Symbian: Ecosystem Strategy” and
“Solar Energy: The Road to Grid Parity,” unpublished cases, San
José State University, College of Business, October 2008.
Joel West and Justin Tan, “Qualcomm
in China (A),” Asian Case
Research Journal, 6, 2 (Dec. 2002): 85-100, DOI: 10.1142/S0218927502000257.
Also published by Ivey
School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Case
9B01M073, February 2003.
Joel West and Justin Tan, “Qualcomm
in China (B),” Asian Case
Research Journal, 6, 2 (Dec. 2002): 101-128, DOI: 10.1142/S0218927502000269.
Also published by Ivey
School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Case
9B01M074, February 2003.
Joel West, “Digital Music: Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley” and
“Live365: Sustaining the Internet Radio Revolution,” unpublished
cases, San José State University, College of Business, October
2002.
Joel West, “Qualcomm
2000: CDMA Technologies,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case
302-069-1, May 2002.
Joel West, “Qualcomm
2001: 3G Strategies,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case
302-070-1, May 2002. Reprinted in Sherrie Bolin, ed., The Standards
Edge, Ann Arbor, Mich.: Sheridan Books, 2002, pp.
497-513.
Joel West,
“Qualcomm 2002: Update,” European Case Clearinghouse, Case
302-069-9, May 2002.
Select Reports and Working Papers
Marcel Bogers, Jonathan Sims and Joel West, “What Is an
Ecosystem? Incorporating 25 Years of Ecosystem Research,” January
15, 2019. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3437014.
Joel West, “Market, Policy and Environmental Influences on the
Creation and Adoption of Solar Power in California, 1900-2010,”
November 3, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2010114.
Marcel Bogers and Joel West “Contrasting Innovation Creation and
Commercialization within Open, User and Cumulative Innovation,” July
13, 2010. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1751025.
Joel West and Caroline Simard, “Balancing Intrapreneurial
Innovation vs. Entrepreneurial Spinoffs During Periods of
Technological Ferment,” Sloan
Industry Studies working paper series, WP-2007-32, May 2007.
Joel West and Siobhán O’Mahony, “The
VistA Open Source Project,” December 31, 2003.
Joel West, “Apple
Computer: The iCEO Seizes the Internet,” Center for Research
on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), UC Irvine, Working
Paper #348, October 2002.
Joel West, “Cross-cultural
Differences in Entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific PC
Industry,” UC Irvine, working paper, January 1997.
Joel West, “Moderators
of the Diffusion of Technological Innovation: Growth of the
Japanese PC Industry,” Center for Research on Information
Technology and Organizations (CRITO),
UC Irvine, Working Paper #PAC-096, January 1996.
Joel West, “Building
Japan’s Information Superhighway,” Japan Policy Research Institute,
Working Paper No. 7, February 1995.
Joel West, Object-Oriented
Distributed Simulation, JPL Technical Report, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Pasadena, Calif., 1985 (part of the JPL Time Warp
research project).
Book Reviews
Joel West, “The Power of Mobility: How Your Business Can Compete
and Win in the Next Technology Revolution,” Journal
of
Product Innovation Management, 26, 1 (January 2009):
114. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00338_4.x
Joel West, “Dealing
with Darwin: How Great Companies Innovate at Every Phase of
Their Evolution,” Academy of
Management Perspectives, 21, 1 (Feb. 2007): 91-92.
Joel West, “Understanding
Open Source Licensing: Three How-to Guides,” IEEE Software
22, 4 (July/August 2005): 114-116. DOI: 10.1109/MS.2005.89
Joel West, “Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and
Antitrust in High Technology,” IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management 50, 1 (Feb.
2003).
Joel West, “Information
Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy,” Journal of Product
Innovation Management, 16, 5 (Sept. 1999): 504-505.
Joel West, “Waves of Power: The Dynamics of Global Technology
Leadership, 1964-2010,” Academy of Management TIM Newsletter,
10, 1 (Fall 1997): 5.
Joel West, “The International Computer Software Industry: A
Comparative Study of Industry Evolution and Structure,” Journal of Product
Innovation Management, 14, 2 (March 1997): 152-154. DOI: 10.1016/S0737-6782(97)83960-4
Joel West, “Engineered in Japan: Japanese Technology-Management
Practices,” Journal
of Product Innovation Management, 13, 4 (July 1996):
381-382.
Other Articles
Web log author for Open Innovation, Bio Business, Cleantech Business,
Engineering Entrepreneurship
and Open IT
Strategies blogs, 2007-present; syndicated by Seeking Alpha,
2008-2016
“Open
Innovation’s Challenge: Letting Go Is Hard To Do,” BusinessWeek.com,
April 1, 2010.
“World Report” columnist, Koryû, CSK Corporation, Tokyo,
1999-2001.
“Xanadu
Comes to Japan,” Computing
Japan, 3, 8 (Sep. 1996), 26-27.
“Where’s the On Ramp? Puzzling over Japan’s Information Future,”
Tokyo Business Today, 63, 9 (Aug. 1995), 42-44.
“Christmas is still just a little bit subversive in Japan,” San Diego Union-Tribune,
(Dec. 23, 1994).
Technology columnist,
MacWEEK, 1988-1990. Also numerous articles in Byte, MacTutor and MacUser,
1986-1989.
Presentations
A total of 75 paper presentations (and 35 co-author presentations) from 1995-2023.
Panel and Workshop Discussions
- Tineke Egyedi, Joel West, and Anne Mione, “Standardization,
Openness and Coopetition,” XXVIIème conférence annuelle de
l’Association Internationale de Management Stratégique, 6 Juin
2018, Montpelier, France.
- Béatrice Dumont, Jamal Eddine-Azzam, John Hagedoorn, and Joel
West, “Intellectual Property Rights in Global Innovation Networks
: Patents and Open Innovation,” Réseau de Recherche sur
l'Innovation, Innovation Forum VIII, 5 Juin 2018, Nîmes,
France.
- Paul Olk, Joel West (organizers), Melissa Appleyard, Viviana Fang
He, Joachim Henkel, Paul Olk (presenters), Chris Tucci
(discussant), “Knowledge Flows at the Interface: Unmonetized
Revealing in Outbound Open Innovation,” presenter symposium, Academy of
Management conference, Atlanta, August 2017.
- Joel West, Jonathan Sims (organizers), Sebastian Fixson, Keld
Laursen, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West (presenters), Linus Dahlander
(discussant), “Finding the Limits of Inbound Open Innovation:
Theory, Practice and Measurement,” presenter symposium, Academy of
Management conference, Anaheim, August 9, 2016.
- Discussant for “Signature Careers for Practitioner-Scholars,”
caucus session, Academy of
Management conference, Anaheim, August 9, 2016.
- Facilitator for “Researching Open Innovation: Theoretical and
Empirical Approaches at Different Levels of Analysis,”
professional development workshop, Technology and Innovation
Management Division, Academy of
Management conference, Anaheim, August 5, 2016.
- Panelist and presenter for “Fostering Cross-cutting Research and
Team Science,” NIH and the Science of Science and Innovation
Policy: A Joint NIH-NSF Workshop, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, Md., April 8, 2016.
- Facilitator for “Researching Open Innovation: Theoretical and
Empirical Approaches at Different Levels of Analysis,”
professional development workshop, Technology and Innovation
Management Division, Academy of
Management conference, Vancouver, August 7, 2015.
- Panelist for “Crossing the Theory-Practice Chasm: Translating
Research Results for Practitioners,” professional development
workshop, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of
Management conference, Vancouver, August 7, 2015.
- Joel West, Jonathan Sims (organizers), Karim Lakhani, Christina
Raasch, Sonali Shah, Georg von Krogh (presenters), Chris Tucci
(discussant), “Innovation Communities and the Modern Firm: How
Firms Shape Virtual Communities to their Advantage,” presenter
symposium, Academy
of Management conference, Philadelphia, August 5, 2014.
- Sohyeong Kim (organizer), Luigi Marengo, Raymond Miles, Charles
Snow, David Teece (presenters), Joel West (discussant),
“Innovation Ecosystems: Benefits, Challenges, and Structures,”
presenter symposium, Academy of
Management conference, Philadelphia, August 4, 2014.
- Ashish Arora, Todd Zenger, Joel West and Henry Sauermann
(organizer), “Open Innovation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and
Opportunities for Future Research,” 10th Annual Atlanta Competitive
Advantage Conference, May 23, 2013.
- Joel West, Xiaohong Quan (organizers) Xudong Gao, Nina Hampl,
Erik G. Hansen, Desirée Pacheco (presenters), Andrew Hargadon
(discussant), “Saving
the Planet from East and West: Public and Private Efforts to
Deploy Renewable Energy,” joint symposium, Technology and
Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Organizations and
Natural Environment divisions, Academy of
Management conference, San Antonio, August 14, 2011.
- Joel West and Natalia Levina (organizers), “Harnessing external
innovation sources: open innovation and crowdsourcing,” Industry
Studies Association conference, Pittsburgh, June 2, 2011.
- Holger Schiele, Frank Piller, Stephan M. Wagner and Joel West, “Open innovation with
suppliers: research perspectives and strategic practices,” Academy of Management
conference, professional development workshop, Montréal,
August 7, 2010.
- Chris Kelty, Walt Scacchi, Charles Schweik and Joel West,
“Social, Behavior, and Economic Studies of FOSS,” FOSS 2010 Workshop on the
Future of Research in Free/Open Source Software, Irvine,
Calif., February 10, 2010.
- Joel West, Kory Brown (organizers), Gina Dokko, Jason Woodard,
Tim Simcoe (presenters), Shane Greenstein, Lori Rosenkopf
(discussants), “Keeping, Bending, or Changing the Rules: Interfirm
Interaction in Standardization,” joint symposium, Technology and
Innovation Management and Business Policy and Strategy divisions,
Academy of Management
conference, Chicago, August 2009.
- Marcel Bogers, Christopher Tucci (organizers), Allan Afuah, Lars
Bo Jeppesen, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West (presenters), Frank
Piller (discussant), “User Innovation and Firm Boundaries:
Organizing for Innovation by Users,” joint symposium, Technology
and Innovation Management, Business Policy and Strategy and
Organization & Management Theory divisions, Academy of Management
conference, Anaheim, Calif., August 11, 2008.
- Kory Brown, James Glib, John Santhoff, Tim Simcoe, and Joel West,
“Finding Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Standard Setting
Alliances,” professional development workshop, Technology and
Innovation Management, Business Policy and Strategy divisions, Academy of Management
conference, Anaheim, Calif., August 10, 2008.
- Joel West, “Universities, Industry and Open Innovation,” Sixth
Meeting of the University-Industry
Demonstration Partnership, Irvine, Calif., July 1, 2008.
- Annabelle Gawer (organizer), Carliss Baldwin, Pieter Ballon,
Robert Berry, Simon Brown, Jose Collazo, Michael Cusumano, Michael
Jacobides, Alberto Spinelli, Joel West, “Platform Business
Models,” panel discussion, Platforms,
Markets and Innovation Conference, 2 June 2008, Imperial
College London.
- Kory Brown, Tim Dry, Zachary Smith and Joel West, “Exploring the
Inner Workings of Standard-Setting Coalitions,” 49th Western
Academy of Management conference, Oakland, Calif., March 28, 2008.
- Joel West (moderator and presenter), Brian McKenzie, Norris
Krueger, Helder Sebastiao, Bill Schulte and Mukesh Sud, “Nontraditional
Academics: Doing Entrepreneurship Education Good by Doing
Entrepreneurship Education Well,” professional development
workshop, Entrepreneurship division, Academy of Management
conference, Philadelphia, August 4, 2007.
- Aija Leiponen, Jennifer Kuan, Karim R. Lakhani, Tim Simcoe
(presenters), Lee Fleming and Joel West (discussants), “Open
Source, Open Standards and Distributed Innovation: Private Motives
and Public Goods,” joint symposium, Technology and Innovation
Management, Business Policy and Strategy and Organization &
Management Theory divisions, Academy of Management
conference, Philadelphia, August 6, 2007.
- Elliott Maxwell, Rishab Ghosh, Joel West, Andrew Wyckoff and J.C.
Herz, “The Ecology and Design of ‘Open’,” Designing
Cyberinfrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation: Emerging
Frameworks and Strategies for Enabling and Controlling Knowledge,
Washington, DC, January 29, 2007.
- Joel West and Kevin Crowston (co-organizers), “Open Source
Software,” professional development workshop, Technology and
Innovation Management, Business Policy and Strategy and
Organizational Communication and Information Systems divisions, Academy of Management
conference, Atlanta, August 13, 2006.
- Kevin Crowston, Siobhán O’Mahony, and Joel West, “What
can Wikipedia learn from Open Source Software Development?”
Wikimania 2006,
Boston, August 5, 2006.
- Eleanor Wynn, Cynthia Pickering, Kevin Karth, Julian Lombardi,
John Miner, David Smith, Joel West, “Open source approaches to
collaborative software,” The
Fourth International Conference on Creating, Connecting and
Collaborating through Computing (C5), January 27, 2006.
- Joel West (organizer and discussant), Jens Frøslev Christensen,
Kira Fabrizio, Keld Laursen, Wim Vanhaverbeke, “Open
Innovation: Empirical Research on Locating and Incorporating
External Innovations,” Academy of Management
conference, All-Academy Symposium, Honolulu, August 9, 2005.
- Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West, Ashish Arora, Jens
Frøslev Christensen, Kwanghui Lim, Markku Maula and Gina Colarelli
O’Connor, “Managing
Open Innovation: A Research Agenda,” professional
development workshop, Business Policy and Strategy and Technology
and Innovation Management divisions, Academy of Management
conference, New Orleans, La., August 7, 2004.
- Matthew Liao-Troth and Joel West, “Statistical
Software and Freeware for Data Analysis in Management,”
professional development workshop, Research Methods and Management
Education Divisions, Academy
of Management conference, Toronto, August 6, 2000.
- John Leslie King, Juha Knuuttila, Kari Lang and Joel West, “The
Techno-Institutional Development of Standards in the Evolution of
Global Cellular Telephony,” panel discussion, 19th Annual International
Conference on Information Systems, Helsinki, Dec. 14, 1998.
Keynote Speaker
- “Network Forms of Open Innovation: Ecosystems, Platforms,
Communities and Consortia,”
R&D Management Conference 2019, Paris, June 20, 2019.
- “Economic and Business Research on 3D Printing,” 3D
Printing Paris 2018 Conference, École Polytechnique, France,
June 1, 2018
- “Open Innovation: Past, Present & Future,” Innovation and
Sociocultural Transformation Conference, Newcastle Business
School, Sydney, December 2, 2016.
- “How
Standards Research Can Inform Open Innovation,” 21st EURAS Annual
Standardisation Conference, Montepellier, France, June 29,
2016.
- “Open
Innovation: A Research Agenda,” 1st World Open Innovation
Conference, Napa, California, December 4, 2014.
- “The
Business of 3D Printing: The First Three Decades,” workshop
on The
Business and Economic Impacts of 3D Printing, RWTH Aachen,
June 3, 2014.
- “Open
Innovation: The First Decade,” Strategizing
Open Innovation workshop, University of Bath, School of
Management, September 19, 2013.
- “Saving Lives Through Open Innovation,” 4th annual research
retreat, Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, California, January
18, 2013.
- “Profiting
from External Innovation: A Review of Research on Open
Innovation,” 2011
World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and
Co-Creation, San Francisco, November 18, 2011.
- “Strategic Openness: The selective use of open strategies for
competitive advantage,” Open
Source, Innovation, and New Organizational Forms conference,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa,
August 1, 2011.
- “Distributed
Perspectives on Innovation: Open Innovation, User Innovation and
Beyond,” New Forms
of Collaborative Production and Innovation workshop,
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, May 5, 2010.
- “Policy Challenges of Open, Cumulative and Open Innovation,” Open-Source
and Proprietary Models of Innovation: Beyond Ideology
conference, Washington University School of Law, April 4, 2008.
- “Managing
Open Innovation Through Online Communities,” Managing
Open Innovation through Online Communities track, European Academy of Management
2007 conference, May 17, 2007.
- “Open Source: What It Is and What It Is Not,” California
State University Open Source Software: Days of Dialogue,
Seaside, Calif., February 10, 2006.
- “Open Innovation: Why and How,” Conference on “Open
Innovation – Enterprise Transformation,” Center for Paper Business &
Industry Studies Sloan Foundation Industry Center, Georgia
Institute of Technology, September 19, 2005.
Discussant
- World Open Innovation Conference, December 2018, 2017
- DRUID
Summer Conference, June 2017, June 2014, June 2003
- Academy of Management conference, August 2010, August 2005, August 2001
- Tilburg
Conference on Innovation, June 2010
- Strategic
Management Society conference, November 2003, October 2001
- Association of Japanese
Business Studies annual meeting, June 1997
Invited Presentations
* Presentations by co-author.
Open Innovation
- Open Innovation Speaker Series, UC Berkeley:
- (with Geoff Parker, Georgios Petropoulos and Marshall van Alstyne)
“Open Platforms for Open Innovation," May 22, 2023.
- “Sectoral Studies in Open Innovation: Learning from Healthcare,” October 17, 2022.
- (with Paul Olk) “How R&D Consortia Provide Ecosystem
Leadership for Alzheimer’s Research," November 22, 2021.
- “Strategic
Openness,” October 10, 2011.
- “An Overview of Distributed Perspectives on Innovation,”
August 31, 2010; January
24, 2011.
- “The Role of Distributed Knowledge in Open, User and
Cumulative Innovation,” September 14, 2009.
- Joel West, “Network Forms of Open Innovation: Ecosystems,
Platforms, Communities and Consortia,” École Polytechnique,
France, June 4, 2018.
- Joel West, “Gaining Advantage Via Openness,” Newcastle Business
School, University of
Newcastle, Australia, November 29, 2016.
- Oliver Alexy and Joel West,
- “A Resource-Based View of Openness,” Merage School of Business,
UC Irvine, March 19, 2015; Leavey School of Business,
Santa Clara University, October 8, 2014.
- *“A Resource-Based View of Openness,” TIME
Colloquium, Technische Universität München, January 7,
2015; *“Endogenous Resource Revaluation and the Competitive
Dynamics of Openness,” Management
of Technology & Entrepreneurship Institute, Ecole
polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, September 15, 2014.
- “Improving Life via Open Innovation,” Life Technologies,
Carlsbad, California, August 8, 2013.
- “Making Money from ‘Free’ Software: The Role of Complementary
Assets in Open Source Business Models,” Policy Area, UCLA Anderson School,
May 12, 2006.
Telecommunications
- *Mary Walshok and Joel West, “Serendipity and Symbiosis: UCSD and
the Local Wireless Industry,” Universities and Regional Growth:
Insights from the University of California (Provost’s
Forums on the Public University and the Social Good), UC
Davis, April 22, 2014.
- “Open to Complementors: Tradeoffs of ecosystem management in the
Symbian mobile phone platform,” Stanford Social Science and
Technology Seminar, March 30, 2011.
- “Browsing
as the killer app: The success of the iPhone,” Quello Center for
Telecommunication Management & Law, Michigan State
University, April 24, 2009.
- “Remote Institutions as the Seed for a Technology Cluster: From
MIT to Qualcomm,” Rotman
School of Management, University of Toronto, January 21,
2008.
- “Commercializing Open Science Deep Space Communications as the
Lead Market for Shannon Theory, 1960-1973,” Telfer School of
Management, University of Ottawa, January 18, 2008.
- “Explaining MIT’s Impact on Shannon Theory,” Chair of Strategic Management and
Innovation, ETH Zürich, May 22, 2007.
- “Balancing Intrapreneurial Innovation vs. Entrepreneurial
Spinoffs: Learning from Linkabit,” College
of Management of Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de
Lausanne, May 21, 2007.
- “Entering a Mature Industry Through Innovation: Apple’s iPhone
Strategy,” Boston University, Information
Systems Department, April 25, 2007; UC Irvine, Center for
Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), May 2, 2007.
- “MIT’s
Golden Age of Information Theory, 1950-1965,” MIT Laboratory for Information &
Decision Systems, April 24, 2007.
- “Coding Theory in Space,” NASA
Ames Research Center, December 16, 2006.
- “The Role of Founder Ties in the Formation of San Diego’s
‘Wireless Valley’,” NorCOM
Association, June 16, 2003.
- “Development of Cellular Telephone Systems in the U.S., Europe
and Japan,” Institute for Continued Learning, UCSD Department of Extended
Studies, September 26, 1997.
Other
- Joel West, “Publishing
Qualitative Research,” Hankamer School of
Business, Baylor University, October 17, 2018.
- “Too
Little, Too Early: California’s Transient Advantage in the
Emergence of the Solar Industry, 1900-2010,” RWTH
Aachen, June 28, 2012.
- “Green vs. Jobs: Goal Conflict Inherence in the Solar Policies of
California, China and Germany,” Leavey School of Business,
Santa Clara University, May 18, 2011; University of Southern
Denmark, Sønderborg, June 28, 2011.
- “Web 2.0 business models: Did we learn anything from Web 1.0?” workshop
on Disruptive Forces in the Interactive Digital Media (IDM)
Marketplace, Institute for Communication Technology
Management (CTM),
University of Southern California, July 31, 2008.
- “Competing Through Standards: DOS/V and Japan’s PC Market,” Association of Japanese Business
Studies annual conference, Washington, D.C. (June 13, 1997);
New York University Stern
School of Business (April 4, 1997); Asian Technology Information Program,
Tokyo (February 28, 1997).
- “Back to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” RAND Corporation, Santa Monica,
Calif. (August 8, 1996). “Building the Information Superhighway:
Japan’s Reaction to the U.S.,” UCSD
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (October
4, 1995).
Industry Conferences
- Keynote speaker, “Leveraging
Open Innovation,” Netscout Making Innovation Happen
conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, November 5, 2016.
- Keynote speaker, “Open
Innovation – The International Perspective,” Open
Innovation in the Greater EMR area, TTC - Top Technology
Clusters, Aachen, Germany, June 28, 2012.
- Keynote
speaker, “Achieving competitive advantage through
strategic openness,” 11th Annual MRT/PDMA International Congress
on Open Innovation & Co-Development (CoDev
2012), San Diego, February 15, 2012.
- Keynote
speaker, “Festo
Summit Photovoltaics,” San Francisco, Dec. 6 and 7, 2010.
- Panelist, “Succeeding in the US: the key factors,” Symbian
Partner Event, San Francisco, Dec. 4, 2008.
- Keynote speaker, “Open
Innovation models: A view from Silicon Valley,” Seminario
Innovacion Abierta = Conectando Conocimiento, Santiago, Chile,
November 20, 2008.
- Moderator and panelist, “Smartphone
Interactivity (Social Networking & Personal
Communications)” SmartPhone Summit, CTIA Wireless 2008,
Las Vegas, March 31, 2008.
- Moderator and panelist, “Smartphone
Interactivity: Social Networking & Personal
Communications,” SmartPhone
Summit, CTIA
Wireless and IT Entertainment 2007, San Francisco, Oct.
22, 2007.
- Moderator, “Unveiling
the True Value of Open Source,” Software & Information
Industry Association (SIIA) 2005 Enterprise Software
Summit, Universal City, Calif., May 25, 2005.
- Session chairman, “Eclipse in
the Enterprise,” EclipseCon 2005, Burlingame, Calif.,
March 1, 2005.
- Session chairman and panelist, “Open Source Adoption: Trends
and Obstacles,” Open Source Business Conference (OSBC 2004), San Francisco,
March 17, 2004.
- Moderator, “Collaboration with Open Source Projects,” SDForum
Open
Source Summit and Expo, Burlingame, Calif., Dec. 11, 2003.
- Conference speaker and moderator, Macworld Expo,
1988-1998.
- Panelist, Macworld Technology & Issues, 1991, 1993.
- Speaker, Apple France Developer Conference, 1988.
Honors and Achievements
- Faculty Service Award, Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, May 2023
- (Inaugural) Faculty Research Award, Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute, May 2022
- Winner (with Erik G. Hansen, Florian Lüdeke-Freund, and Iris
Xiaohong Quan) of best paper award for “Cross-National
Complementarity of Technology Push, Demand Pull, and
Manufacturing Push Policies: The Case of Photovoltaics”
from IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2019
- Membre d’Honneur, Réseau
de Recherche sur l’Innovation, June 2018
- Lucas Fellowship (competitive research grant), San José State
University College of Business, 2007, 2009
- Winner (with Jason Dedrick) of best
paper award for “Proprietary vs.
Open Standards” in the “Emerging Technologies” track, Hawai‘i International
Conference on System Sciences, January 2001
- Winner (with John Graham) of International Management Division
best paper award for “Language’s
Consequences,” Academy
of Management, August 1998
- Selected for Entrepreneurship new faculty consortium (2005),
Business Policy and Strategy new faculty consortium (2002), Academy of Management
- Selected for International Management Division doctoral
consortium (1998), Technology and Innovation Management doctoral
consortium (1997), Academy
of Management
Service
Academic
Journals
- Guest editor (with Carliss Baldwin, Marcel Bogers and Rahul
Kapoor), “Innovation
Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation” special issue, Research
Policy (published September 2023 - April 2024)
- Associate
Editor, Research Policy, 2014-2016
- Guest editor (with Chris Tucci, Henry Chesbrough and Frank
Piller), special section on “Open
Innovation and Open Business Models,” Industrial and
Corporate Change 25, 2 (April 2016)
- Guest editor (with Henry Chesbrough, Ammon Salter and Wim
Vanhaverbeke), “Open
Innovation: New Insights and Evidence” special issue, Research
Policy 43, 5 (June 2014)
- Editorial review board member,
International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization
Research, 2002-2011
- Editor (with Henk de Vries), “Special issue on IT
Standardization,”
International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization
Research, 4, 1 (January 2006)
- Ad hoc reviewer for
Academy of Management Perspectives,
Business
History Review, Communications
of the ACM, European
Journal of Marketing, IBM Systems
Journal, IEEE
Communications, IEEE
Transactions on Engineering Management, Industry
& Innovation, Information Systems
Research, Journal of
the Association of Information Systems, Journal
of Management Studies, Journal
of Small Business Management,
Journal of Technology Transfer, Long Range
Planning, Management
Science, MIS Quarterly,
Organization
Science, Organization
Studies, R&D
Management, Research
Policy, Strategic
Entrepreneurship Journal, Strategic
Management Journal, Telecommunications
Policy, The Information Society
Conference Chair
- Program chair, Innovation
Ecosystems and Ecosystem Innovation, virtual conference,
June 2020.
- Co-organizer, Transitioning
3D Printing from Niche to Mainstream Markets, École
Polytechnique, June 2018.
- Track co-chair, IEEE TEMSCON 2017, Santa Clara, California,
June 2017.
- Program chair, 2nd annual World
Open Innovation Conference, Santa Clara, California,
November 2015.
- Co-chair, 1st annual World
Open Innovation Conference, Napa, California, December
2014.
- Co-organizer, The
Business and Economic Impacts of 3D Printing, RWTH Aachen,
June 3, 2014.
- Co-organizer and program chair, Open Innovation: New
Insights and Evidence Conference, Imperial College London,
June 2012.
- Track chair, “Open Innovation Strategy & Capabilities,” 2011
World Conference on Mass Customization, Personalization, and
Co-Creation, San Francisco, November 2011.
- Minitrack co-chair, “Standards
and Standardization,” Hawai‘i International
Conference on System Sciences, January 2005 (HICSS-38),
January 2006 (HICSS-39),
January 2007 (HICSS-40),
January 2008 (HICSS-41),
January 2009 (HICSS-42)
- Co-organizer, workshop on “Standard Making: A
Critical Research Frontier for Information Systems” held
at ICIS 2003, December
2003 (in preparation for a special
issue of MIS Quarterly).
Conference Reviewing
- Academy of Management (TIM
division)
- Judge: best paper (2006, 2007), best student paper (2017),
best dissertation (2010)
- Recipient of best reviewer award, 2016
- Program committee member, 2nd
IEEE Conference on Standardization and Innovation in
Information Technology (SIIT 2001), 4th International Conference
on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology
(SIIT 2005), 5th
International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in
Information Technology (SIIT 2007), 6th International
Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information
Technology (SIIT 2009), 7th
International Conference on Standardization and Innovation in
Information Technology (SIIT 2011)
- Conference reviewer: Academy
of Management, 1997-2005, 2009-2014, 2016-7; World Open
Innovation Conference, 2016; IEEE Technology Management
Conference, 2011; Hawai‘i
International Conference on System Sciences, 2008; Strategic Management
Society, 2018; Western
Academy of Management, 2005; DIGIT, 2004; International Conference on
Information Systems, 2004, 2010; ACM Symposium on Applied
Computing, 2002; American
Marketing Association, 1998; Product Development and Management
Association, 1997; Association
of Japanese Business Studies, 1995-1997
- Conference reviewer, OOPSLA
’88 (Object-Oriented
Programming Systems, Languages and Applications )
Mentorship
Associations
- Academy of Management Entrepreneurship
Division
- American Marketing Association Technology and Innovation SIG (TechSIG): Communications
Coordinator, 1997-1999; webmaster, 1996-1999
University
- Keck Graduate
Institute
- Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences
- Organizer, Business Plan Competition,
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Faculty advisor, Consulting Club,
2015-2023; Beer Club, 2015-2023; Breaking Bread,
2013-2022; IP Club, 2013-2015; Biofuels Club, 2011-2012
- Program Director, Careers Beyond the Bench (2019);
Biotech Careers Speaker Series (2021, 2022)
- Chair of the Faculty, 2016-2018
- Member, Curriculum Review Committee,
2011-2016, 2019-2023
- Co-Chair, Marketing Task Force, 2014
- Chair, Engineering Curriculum Task
Force, 2013-2014
- Member, Strategic Planning Committee
(Education, Research subcommittees), 2011-2012
- Area coordinator, Business of
Bioscience focus track, 2011-2012
- Faculty search committees: Chair,
Management search (2023), Marketing search (2021), Management search (2015),
Operations search (2015), Business of Bioscience Program Director search (2015),
Marketing search (2014), Operations search (2014); Member,
Medical Device Program Director search (2014),
Bioprocessing search (2013)
- School of Pharmacy
- Member, Administrative Science faculty
search committee, 2014
- Member, Search Committee for founding
faculty, 2012-2013
- Helped select associate dean,
assistant dean and department chairs
- All-KGI
- Member, IP/Tech Transfer Committee,
2012-2023; Committee Chair/Acting TTO Director, 2019-2023
- Chair of the Faculty Assembly,
2017-2018
-
Claremont University Consortium
- Member, Committee on Religious Affairs,
2020-2023
- Member, Chaplain
Advisory Board, 2016-2018
- Member, Search
Committee for Assistant Vice President of Student
Affairs, 2016-2017
- Member, Chaplain Search Committee, 2016
- Member,
Advisory Board for Library Planning (Faculty Library Advisory Committee), 2012-2014;
chair, 2014
- San José State University
- Academic Senate
- Member, Silicon Valley
Center for Entrepreneurship Steering Committee,
2004-2011
- Helped lead successful effort to
create SJSU’s first undergraduate Entrepreneurship major
(“B.S.B.A. concentration”)
- Preliminary and semifinal judge,
Silicon Valley Business Plan Competition
- Chair, University Library Board,
2010-2011; member, 2008-2011
- Co-chair , Open
Access Task Force , 2008-2010
- Co-authored Resolution
SS-S10-2, first SJSU policy supporting open
access
- Edited task force white paper
recommending policies to support open access at SJSU
- Member,
All-University Teacher Education Committee,
2005-2006, 2007-2009
- Member, University
Information Technology Board, 2003-2005
- Organized and chaired March 2004
workshop that set policy enabling eventual campus
Wi-Fi deployment
- College of Business
- Lucas School of Business curriculum
enhancement task forces
- Silicon Valley Experience,
2011-2012
- Integrated case presentation judge:
2009, 2010, 2011
- Professionalism, 2009
- Member, Simulation Task Force,
Undergraduate Curriculum Enhancement Project, 2011
- Founding Chair, Academic Planning
Council, 2008-2010
- Lucas Fellowship Evaluation Committee,
2008-2009
- Graduate Curriculum Committee,
2007-2009
- Member, Gary J.
Sbona Honors Program committee, 2007-2011
- Member, Entrepreneurship Search
Committee, 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2008-2009
- Member, Research Committee, 2006-2007
- Chair, Computer Committee, 2003-2004
- Member, Assessment Committee, 2002-2003
- Department of
Organization and Management
- Founding Member, Honors Committee,
2006-2011; chair, 2008-2011
- Coordinator, Department Research
Seminar, 2009-2011
- Member, Curriculum Committee,
2003-2004, 2007-2008
- Chair, Strategy Search Committee,
2007-2008
- Course Coordinator: Bus 163, 2007-2009;
Bus 182, 2009-2011, Bus 189, 2007-2008
- Member, Course Committees for
Entrepreneurship (2004-2011), Strategy (2002-2011), High
Technology Management (2002-2008)
- UCI, Graduate School of
Management
Industry
- Member, Board of Directors, South Oceanside Business
District, 2019-2021
- Co-founder, Executive Committee member, corporate secretary
and member of the Board of Directors, VistA Software Alliance,
2004-2005
- V.P. Communications and member of organizing committee, San Diego Software Industry
Council, 1993-1994
- Founding newsletter editor, San
Diego Macintosh User Group, 1984
Community
- Oceanside Swim
Club
- Vice President and Member, Board of
Directors, 2012-2013
- MIT Club of Northern
California
- Castillero
Middle School, San José, California
- Member, School Site Council, 2009-2011
- Simonds Elementary
School, San José, California
- California State PTA, Honorary Service
Award, 2009
- Robotics program chair, 2007-2009; team
coach, First Lego League program, 2007-2008
- Science Fair: co-chair, 2007; chair,
2008, 2009; committee member, 2010; judge, 2011
- Site representative, SJUSD GATE
Advisory Committee, 2007-2008
- Member, Technology Committee, 2003-2004
- Robotics judge
- Science Fair judge
- St.
Michael’s-by-the-Sea, Carlsbad, California
- Founding webmaster, 1998-1999
- Organized and sponsored volunteers for NetDay96 activities at Oceanside schools,
1996
- “Spirit of Community” Award, Vista Unified School
District, May 7, 1996
- MIT
Educational Council, admissions interviewer, 1992-1994
Work Experience
Regular Academic Appointments
- 2022-present: Entrepreneurship Faculty,
Hildegard College
-
2023-present: Professor Emeritus
2011-2023: Professor,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
2019-2023: Program Director, Master of Business and Science
2014-2015: Program Director, Postdoctoral Professional Masters
2013-2015: Program Director, MBS in Business of Bioscience
Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences,
Keck Graduate
Institute, The Claremont Colleges
- Graduate teaching: ALS 354:
Bioscience Strategy (Spring 2016); ALS 359: Introduction to
the Bioscience Industries (Fall 2017); ALS 400: Team Masters
Project (Fall 2011); ALS 455: Marketing Management (Spring
2021); ALS 457: Building an Entrepreneurial Organization
(Spring 2012, Fall 2012-2017, 2019-2020); ALS 458: Applied
Entrepreneurship (Spring 2013-2023); ALS 470: Intellectual
Property Strategy (Spring 2014-2023); ALS 471: Innovation
Management (Spring 2012-2015)
- Team Masters Project advisor: Aemetis (2012-2013), BioMarin
(2016-2017), Boehringer Ingelheim (2015-2016), Cambridge
Healthtech Institute (2014-2015), City of Hope (2013-2014),
Clear Springs (2011-2012), Eli Lilly (2011-2012), Hologic
(2017-2018), Amgen (2019-2020,2020-2021,2021-2022),
Kite Pharma (2022-2023)
- 2011-present: Professor
Emeritus
2009-2011: Professor,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
2002-2009: Associate Professor
Department of
Organization and Management, College of Business, San
José State University
- Undergraduate teaching: Business 169B: Honors Practicum in
Organization & Management (Spring 2008, 2010, 2011); Bus
182: Business Plans for New Ventures (Spring 2009); Business
189: Strategic Management (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Spring
2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Fall
2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010); Business 196M: Strategies in High
Technology Companies (Spring 2004)
- Graduate teaching: Business 281: Management of
High-Technology Organizations (Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Fall
2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009,
Spring 2010); Business 283: Entrepreneurship (Spring 2007,
Fall 2008); Business 294: Business Simulation (Spring 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011); Business 297D: The Silicon
Valley Experience (Spring 2012)
Other Academic Appointments
- 2015-2020: Project Director and Principal
Investigator, Open R&D
Consortia: Open Innovation Alliances in the Pharmaceutical
Industry, Keck Graduate Institute, funded
by the National Science Foundation
- Fall 2018: Visiting
Scholar, Department
of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation, Hankamer
School of Business, Baylor University
- 2014-2015: Lecturer, Strategy
Area, Healthcare Executive M.B.A. Program and Fully
Employed M.B.A. Program, Paul
Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
- 2010-2011: Project Director and Principal
Investigator, SJSU
Solar Workforce Project, San José State University;
subcontract to state Green Innovation Challenge Grant
- 2005-2007: Affiliate, Sloan
Industries Center Program
- 2005-2007: Affiliated Faculty Researcher, Personal Computing
Industry Center, University of California, Irvine.
Research on platform standards in the context of digital
convergence
- 2003-2005: Research Director and Co-Principal
Investigator, Silicon
Valley Open Source Research Project, San José State
University. An industry-sponsored study of the impact of open
source software on Silicon Valley I.T. companies
- 2002-2003: Visiting Fellow, School of Information,
University of Michigan
- 2000-2002: Lecturer, Organization &
Strategy, M.B.A. program, Graduate
School of Management, University of California, Irvine
(courses in innovation, entrepreneurship and international
business)
- 2001-2002: Researcher, Graduate School of
Management, University of California, Irvine. Research on the
evolution of the mobile telephone industry, with Profs. Kalle Lyytinen of Case
Western and John L.
King of the University of Michigan
- 2000-2001: Senior Research Associate, UCI Center for Research on
Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), Prof. Kenneth L. Kraemer,
director. Researcher for NSF-sponsored
“Globalization
of E-commerce” project
- Fall 1999: Adjunct Professor, Management, Graziadio School of
Business & Management, Pepperdine University, weekend
M.B.A. program (Business Strategy core course)
- Fall 1998: Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University Japan, Executive MBA
(Management of Information Technology core course) and corporate
education programs
- 1994-1997: Research Associate, UCI Center for Research on
Information Technology and Organizations; Japan
researcher for “Globalization
of I.T.” project on Asia-Pacific computer industry,
sponsored by National Science
Foundation, U.C. Pacific Rim research fund, Sloan Foundation and IBM
World Trade. Project published as Asia’s
Computer Challenge (Oxford, 1998)
- 1995, 1996, 1999: Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Management,
University of California Irvine: Executive M.B.A. core strategy
class; M.B.A. electives in Global Business, International
Marketing and Global Competitive Strategy; undergraduate
elective in International Business
- 1994-1995: Research Associate, Prof. John
L. Graham; research on international marketing
Thesis Supervision and Committees
San José State
College of Engineering, M.S.E. Final Project
- Bimal Gadhavi and Khushbu Shah (Fall 2009-Spring 2010):
“Analysis of the Emerging Android Market”
- Eduardo Sanchez and German Benitez (Spring-Fall 2007): “Mobile
Phone Value Networks”
- Kiran Ranabhor (Spring-Fall 2003): “An Analysis of Software
Development Outsourcing Decisions”
Other Universities
- University of Denver, Daniels College of Business, committee member,
John Pritchard (Ph.D., 2023)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, committee member, Paul Moritz Wiegmann (Ph.D., 2019)
- Technische Universität München, School of Management: Advisor,
Simon Bock (M.Sc., 2014), Anne Greul (M.Sc., 2015)
- University of Texas, Austin, McCombs School of
Business: External thesis committee member, Jonathan Sims
(Ph.D., 2013)
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Chair of Strategic Management
and Innovation: Sebastian Spaeth (Habilitation, 2012)
- University of Utah, Eccles
School
of Business: External thesis committee member, Kory Brown
(Ph.D., 2010)
- Helsinki School of
Economics: Opponent,
Johanna Vesterinen (Ph.D., 2009)
- University of Toronto, Rotman School of
Management: External examiner, Ranjita Singh (Ph.D., 2008)
Industry Experience
- 2014-2023: CEO and co-founder, Shield Pharma: Claremont
Calif., an early stage pharma company spun off from KGI.
- 2002-2016: Consultant, IPBizModels.com.
Business model, open source and other strategy consulting to
technology-based companies; litigation consulting; training on Open Innovation.
- 1987-2004: Chairman (2002-2004) and President
(1987-2002), Palomar
Software, Inc.:Oceanside,
Calif. As president and co-founder of this Macintosh
software developer, variously did industrial marketing,
strategic planning, public relations and engineering management.
- 1986-1987: Consultant, Western Software Technology. For CACI, designed
ModSim object-oriented simulation language, basis for its
subsequent ModSim II and ModSim III products.
- 1983-1986: Technical Product Manager, CACI, Inc. - Federal: La
Jolla, Calif. Enhanced existing SIMSCRIPT II.5 simulation
software products and led new development projects for this
government contractor.
- 1981-1983: Government Reporter, Vista Press:
Vista, Calif.
- 1979-1981: Systems Programmer, CACI, Inc. -
Federal: Los Angeles
- 1974-1976: Systems Programmer, Computer
Timesharing Corp.: San Diego
Education