Towards an open hardware process model for long-term sustainability
- The rise of open source models for software and hardware development has catalyzed the debate regarding sustainable business models. Open Source Software has already become a dominant part in the software industry, whereas Open Source Hardware is still a little-researched phenomenon but has the potential to do the same to manufacturing in a wide range of products. This article addresses this potential by introducing a research design to analyze the prototyping phase of six different Open Source Hardware projects tackling ecological, social, and economical challenges. Using a design science research methodology, a process model is developed to concretise the prototype development steps. The prototype phase is important because it is where fundamental decisions are made that affect the openness of the final product. This paper aims to advance the discourse on open production as a concept that enables companies to apply the aspect of openness towards collaboration-oriented and sustainable business models.
Author details: | Bonny BrandenburgerORCiDGND, Julia Brüsch, Maximilian Voigt, Magnus BuschGND |
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URL: | https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2023_rip/77 |
Title of parent work (English): | ECIS 2023 research-in-progress papers |
Publisher: | Association for Information Systems (AIS) |
Place of publishing: | Atlanta, GA |
Publication type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2023 |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Release date: | 2024/02/28 |
Tag: | co-creation; documentation; open hardware; prototyping process; sustainable product development |
Article number: | 77 |
Number of pages: | 12 |
First page: | 1428 |
Last Page: | 1439 |
Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Fachgruppe Betriebswirtschaftslehre |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft |
Peer review: | Nicht referiert |