Harvard Business School Studies Wikipedia

In the true spirit of their subject Wikipedia, Harvard Business School Professors Karim Lakhani and Andrew McAfee, have published their latest case study online under a GNU Free Documentation License.  The study documents not just the history of Wikipedia, but encyclopedias themselves and presents the information in a format that is intended to foster debate and discussion on the subject.

Prof. Lakhani notes on his blog that he was motivated to produce this case because, "We just don’t know enough about what it takes to 'manage' an innovation community."

He continues, "Can you even manage one? How do you build one? How do you sustain it? What kills a community?"

Read the full case study online. 

And be sure to read and contribute to the comments and discussion on both Professor Lakhani's blog and Professor McAfee's blog.