Karim R. Lakhani
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Karim R. Lakhani is an assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching focuses on open and user innovation. His is one of the foremost academic experts on and author of several of the most highly cited articles on free and open source software and the co-founder of open source research community hosted at MIT. He edited the book Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software (ISBN 0-262-06246-1) published by MIT Press.[1]
In addition to Open Source, Lakhani's is cited as leading academic expert on the topic of crowdsourcing.[2] In particular, he is known for his research on the t-shirt company Threadless,[3][4] and the prize-based open innovation firm InnoCentive.[5][6][7]
Lakhani earned his PhD at the MIT Sloan School of Management and was advised by Eric von Hippel, Tom Allen, and Wanda Orlikowski.
[edit] External links
- Harvard Business School faculty page
- Harvard Business School Interview with Lakhani
- MIT Press Page on book Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software edited by Lakhani
- Press mentions of Lakhani's work hosted on his Harvard Business School homepage (last updated 2008)
[edit] References
- ^ Joseph Feller, Brian Fitzgerald, Scott A. Hissam, Karim R. Lakhani, ed. (2005). Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software. MIT Press. ISBN 0262062461, 9780262062466.
- ^ Unrau, J. Jack (2007-07-10). "The Experts at the Periphery". Wired Magazine. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/07/academics_crowdsourcing. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Chafkin, Max (2008-06-01). "The Customer is the Company: How Threadless Uses Crowdsourcing". Inc. Magazine. http://www.inc.com/magazine/20080601/the-customer-is-the-company.html. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Sipress, Alan (2007-06-18). "T-Shirt Maker's Style, Drawn From Web Users". The Washington Post. ISSN 0740-5421. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/17/AR2007061701350.html. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Dean, Cornelia (2008-07-22). "If You Have a Problem, Ask Everyone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/science/22inno.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Karim+R.+Lakhani&st=nyt. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Travis, John (2008-03-28). "Science by the Masses". Science 319 (5871): 1750–1752. doi:10.1126/science.319.5871.1750. PMID 18369115. http://www.sciencemag.org. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
- ^ Wessel, David (2007-01-25). "Prizes for Solutions to Problems Play Valuable Role in Innovation". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116968486074286927-7z_a6JoHM_hf4kdePUFZEdJpAMI_20070201.html?mod=blogs. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
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