Part 1: Value Co-creation

The November issue of the OSBR is now available in PDF and HTML formats. The editorial theme this month is Value Co-creation and the authors include:

Kim op den Kamp from the Technical University Eindhoven provides insights from her research into three main business model elements of co-creation communities: the value proposition, the value network, and the revenue model.

Stephen Allen, Tony Bailetti, and Stoyan Tanev present their research on the key components of value co-creation between firms and end customers based on the application of web search and Principal Component Analysis techniques.

Aron Darmody, a Doctoral Candidate at the Schulich School of Business, demonstrates how granting consumers freedom through co-creation has become the most effective mode of production for contemporary marketers.

Tore Kristensen, a Professor at Copenhagen Business School, explores the nature of personal transformations and their co-creation aspects.

Anna Kirah, Vice President of CPH Design, shares experience driven insights on how co-creation can help business in an age of uncertainty.

Lots of Interest in Co-creation

One of the topics I often see discussed (and griped about) in open source circles is the relationship between companies and individual creators (e.g. developers). Do/should companies make profits from the sweat of an individual's effort? Can there be mutually beneficial relationships between companies and individuals? These types of questions fall under the category of "value co-creation", which was to be the editorial focus of the November issue of the OSBR.

I say "was" as we received so many submissions for this issue, we will be publishing them over November and December 2009. The lineup will be:

November:

Co-creation: a New Way of Doing Business in an Age of Uncertainty, Anna Kirah

The Micro- and Macro-levels of Co-creation: How Transformations Change People’s Preferences, Tore Kristensen

How Companies use the Internet as a Co-creation Channel, Stephen Allen, Tony Bailetti & Stoyan Tanev

Viable Business Models for Corporate Co-creation Communities, Kim op den Kamp

Value Co-creation and New Marketing, Aron Darmody

December:

Ways of Engaging Consumers in Co-production, Michael Etgar

A Framework for Value Co-creation in Design, Liz Sanders & George Simons

Coral CEA: An Example of Ecosystem Co-creation, Tony Bailetti

Value Co-creation as Part of an Integrative Vision of Innovation Management, Stoyan Tanev, Mette Kmudsen and Wolfgang Gerstlberger

Co-created Value During Innovation Development, Alex Pedrosa

Congratulations to Coral CEA

The government of Ontario announced yesterday that it is contributing 9.3 million dollars to the Coral CEA initiative. The Ottawa Citizen article is here, the Carleton University press release is here, and the congratulations page is in the October issue of the OSBR as well as here.

Arts & Media

The October issue of the OSBR is now available in PDF and HTML formats. The editorial theme this month is Arts & Media and the authors include:

John Bell from the University of Maine New Media department describes how open source tools and philosophies can be adapted to facilitate other forms of distributed creative endeavours. He introduces two tools developed by the Still Water Lab, The Pool and the Variable Media Questionnaire, and describes how several of the ideas used in software development have influenced Still Water's approach to making tools that support artistic production.

Karen Opas-Lanouette, editor for Ucreate Media, discusses the historic genesis of one company's development of a portal and platform system that enables creators and their fans to work collaboratively between different mediums. Her examination includes how the company met the challenges that arose and which are common to many startups.

Anthony Whitehead, Director of the Carleton University School of Information Technology, examines how open source tools and content can be used throughout the entire process of film creation. He describes many of the tools which are available for every step in the production pipeline.

Aaran Duncan, owner of Digital Deceptions, and Glenn McKnight, owner of Global Catalysts Consulting Service, explore the increasingly intersecting worlds of Social Media, mobile, and open source. They describe how Social Media has the potential to change the way communities use and create open source.

As always, we encourage readers to share articles of interest with their colleagues, and to provide their comments either online or directly to the authors. We hope you enjoy this issue of the OSBR.

The editorial theme for the upcoming November issue of the OSBR is Co-Creation and the guest editor will be Stoyan Tanev from the University of Southern Denmark. Submissions are due by October 20--contact the Editor if you are interested in a submission.

The Entrepreneurial Effect

The Entrepreneurial Effect is an initiative by entrepreneurs to create a forum to exchange practical and pragmatic advice. The first product is a book that provides practical advice to entrepreneurs. Over 25 experts contributed an article each and the book is meant to be a knowledge source for those decisions faced by start-ups.

Open Source Business Intelligence (BI)

The September issue of the OSBR is now available in PDF and HTML formats. The editorial theme this month is Business Intelligence and the authors include:

John Kemp, a Principal Consultant, and Benjamin Dietz, a BI Consultant, provide a primer on BI, introducing the terms and concepts used throughout the issue.

David Currie, founder of Clearview Informatics, examines the keys to success that allow an organization to extract maximum value from an investment in BI software.

John Kemp takes a look at how buying patterns have changed and what it means for businesses looking at open source BI software.

Steve Holub, a BI Consultant, reports on a recent survey of open source software tools used in BI and data warehousing systems.

Benjamin Dietz and Lily Singh of SQL Power Group compare the features of four popular open source reporting solutions.

Thierry Badard, CTO of Spatialytics, highlights the need for geospatial BI software and the integration of the spatial component in a BI software stack in order to consistently enable geo-analytical tools.

Tom Bondur, Content Development Manager in the Developer Communications group of Actuate Engineering, and Jason Weathersby, the BIRT Evangelist at Actuate Corporation, introduce BIRT and discuss why Actuate chose the open source development model and the benefits that this project brings to the BI user community.

Sam Selim answers the question "What will Oracle do with Sun's open source offerings?".

The editorial theme for the upcoming October issue is Arts & Media and the Guest Editor is Anthony Whitehead from Carleton University. Submissions for this issue are due by September 20--contact the Editor if you are interested in a submission.

Open Source Business Intelligence (BI)

The lineup for the upcoming September issue is pretty impressive:

Sam Selim, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of SQL Power Group Inc., discusses how open source is shifting the buying and software evaluation patterns of BI users.

John Kemp, a Principal Consultant, and Benjamin Dietz, a BI Consultant, provide a primer on BI, introducing the terms and concepts used throughout the issue.

David Currie, founder of Clearview Informatics, examines the keys to success that allow an organization to extract maximum value from an investment in BI software.

John Kemp takes a look at how buying patterns have changed and what it means for businesses looking at open source BI software.

Steve Holub, a BI Consultant, reports on a recent survey of open source software tools used in BI and data warehousing systems.

Benjamin Dietz and Lily Singh of SQL Power Group compare the features of four popular open source reporting solutions.

Thierry Badard, CTO of Spatialytics, highlights the need for geospatial BI software and the integration of the spatial component in a BI software stack in order to consistently enable geo-analytical tools.

Tom Bondur, Content Development Manager in the Developer Communications group of Actuate Engineering, and Jason Weathersby, the BIRT Evangelist at Actuate Corporation, introduce BIRT and discuss why Actuate chose the open source development model and the benefits that this project brings to the BI user community.