2013/01/12 by Vasilis Kostakis · 22 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #University-Industry-Government Innovation Models #Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development #Innovation, Technology, and Society #Commons #Civil society #Context (archaeology) #General partnership #Production (economics) #Peer production #State (computer science) #Knowledge management #Phenomenon #Political science #Sociology #Business #Computer science #Economics #Politics #Epistemology #Geography
paper · pdf · doi:10.31269/triplec.v11i1.463
published in tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 11(1), 173-190 (tripleC)
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Following the theory of techno-economic paradigm shifts (TEPS), this paper calls attention to the phenomenon of Commons-based peer production (CBPP). In the context of the current paradigm, it argues that civil society can play an important role in creating favourable conditions for a more sustainable global knowledge society. Approaching tentatively the ways in which 3D printing and other desktop manufacturing technologies can be used in CBPP, it also explores the ways in which the partnership with the state may provide a supportive innovative institutional basis for taking the maximum advantage of the emerging synergies in the vein of TEPS theory.