%0 Journal Article %1 flath2015successfully %A Flath, Christoph %A Friesike, Sascha %A Wirth, Marco %D 2015 %J 15th EURAM Conference %K myown %T Successfully Remixing Innovations: Evidence From 3D Printing %X Innovations are almost always recombinations of existing concepts. However, creators, inventors, and companies are reluctant to disclose their sources of inspiration. As a consequence, it has hardly been possible to pin down where innovations actually come from and if their sources influence their likelihood of success. In the present paper, we turn to Thingiverse, the world’s largest 3D printing design community, to explore these questions. Thingiverse allows creators to upload and share 3D designs. In doing so, users are encouraged to use open licenses, allowing others to remix and build upon their designs. We employ methods from network analysis to select, process, and visualize these remix-relationships. Specifically we show that remixes borrowing from many sources attract more viewers. Furthermore, we find that remixes which bring together different product categories perform better than those that are based on a single category.

@article{flath2015successfully, abstract = {Innovations are almost always recombinations of existing concepts. However, creators, inventors, and companies are reluctant to disclose their sources of inspiration. As a consequence, it has hardly been possible to pin down where innovations actually come from and if their sources influence their likelihood of success. In the present paper, we turn to Thingiverse, the world’s largest 3D printing design community, to explore these questions. Thingiverse allows creators to upload and share 3D designs. In doing so, users are encouraged to use open licenses, allowing others to remix and build upon their designs. We employ methods from network analysis to select, process, and visualize these remix-relationships. Specifically we show that remixes borrowing from many sources attract more viewers. Furthermore, we find that remixes which bring together different product categories perform better than those that are based on a single category.}, added-at = {2015-06-23T11:37:16.000+0200}, author = {Flath, Christoph and Friesike, Sascha and Wirth, Marco}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28d6b86ff5a397939250781bd6e139e38/wise}, interhash = {9de9371c9f4e441cbca07417dc032c46}, intrahash = {8d6b86ff5a397939250781bd6e139e38}, journal = {15th EURAM Conference}, keywords = {myown}, timestamp = {2022-09-29T16:29:50.000+0200}, title = {Successfully Remixing Innovations: Evidence From 3D Printing}, year = 2015 }