Critical Perspectives on Open Development by Arul Chib - ISBN: 9780262542326
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Open innovation: Does it help the poor or help others?

Critical Perspectives on Open Development

Empirical Interrogation of Theory

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    288 pages

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    4 May 2021

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Summary

Theoretical and empirical analyses of whether open innovations in international development instrumentally advantages poor and marginalized populations.

Over the last ten years, “open” innovations–the sharing of information without access restrictions or cost–have emerged within international development. But do these practices instrumentally advantage poor and marginalized populations? This book examines whether, for whom, and under what circumstances the free, networked, public shar…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262542326
ISBN-10:0262542323
Author:Arul Chib, Matthew L. Smith
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:4 May 2021
Weight:508g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:International Development Research
About The Author

Arul Chib

Arul Chib is Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Caitlin M. Bentley is a Lecturer at the Information School at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Fellow at Australian National University’s 3A Institute. Matthew L. Smith is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa and coeditor of Open Development- Networked Innovations in International Development (MIT Press and IDRC).

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