Joel West

Researcher and teacher on open innovation, open platforms, ecosystems, communities and consortia in technology-based industries.

[Joel West @openITstrat]

Carliss Baldwin addressing #AOM2023 session on the 20th anniversary of her book Design Rules with Kim Clark @AOM_TIM

[stefan haefliger @HAEFLIGER]

Great start of #AOM2023 listening to @HenryChesbrough summarizing the history of open innovation research from an inclusive perspective, organized by @AgRadziwon and @Bogers and colleagues!

[Joel West @openITstrat]

@HenryChesbrough reflects on 20 years of #open #innovation at the #AOM2023 PDW sponsored by @AOM_TIM

[Joel West @openITstrat]

At #AOM2023 @bogers with @HenryChesbrough and @AgRadziwon is I ntroducing the 9th annual #open #innovation PDW sponsored by @AOM_TIM

[Joel West @openITstrat]

@Bogers introducing the 9th annual #open #innovation PDW at #AOM2023 with @HenryChesbrough and @AgRadziwon

[Joel West @openITstrat]

Back in Boston for #AOM for the first time since 2019. #AOM2023

[Florian Mueller @Florian4Gamers]

Judge Corley just released a less heavily redacted version of her denial of the FTC's PI motion:

https://t.co/HaRSCpTX48

Additional passages are now publicly accessible, particularly about Sony!

Here's a long passage about Sony's practices that was previously redacted:

As a game publisher, Sony’s PlayStation Studios, is responsible for blockbuster hits like
God of War, The Last of Us, and Spider-Man, the vast majority of which can be played only on
PlayStation. (See PX7053 (Ryan Dep. Tr. Vol. I) at 20:16–20:23; RX5055 at 015–016.) And as a
purchaser of third-party games,
(PX7054 (Ryan Dep. Tr. Vol. II) at 107:10–18.; Dkt. No. 283,
6/23/23 Tr. (Spencer) at 357:12–16.)
Sony views exclusive content as crucial to PlayStation’s continued success and to
“differentiate [their] platform.” (PX7053 (Ryan Dep. Tr. Vol. I) at 212:19–23; RX0079.) As a
result, Sony offers far more exclusive first- and third- party titles than Xbox. (PX7053 (Ryan Dep.
Tr.) at 169:24–170:2; Dkt. No. 283, 6/23/23 Tr. (Spencer) at 362:17–23.) Sony also enjoys “an
enormous competitive advantage” because it can draw on the intellectual property of “Sony
Music, Sony TV, and Sony’s film library” for its game development. (Dkt. No. 285, 6/28/23 Tr.
(Kotick) at 723:13-16.) The number of exclusive games available on PlayStation dwarfs the
number available on Xbox, with eight exclusive games on PlayStation for every one on Xbox.
(RX2098-001 (“Overall, for every 1 exclusive Microsoft game, PlayStation has 8 of them.”); see
Dkt. No. 284, 6/27/23 Tr. (Bailey) at 684:3–25; RX5055 at 018–019, Exs. 11A, 11B; Dkt. No. 285,
6/28/23 Tr. (Nadella) at 849:1–8 (“The dominant player [i.e., Sony] there has defined market
competition using exclusives and so that’s the world we live in.”).)
Sony has often paid third-party studios to “skip” Xbox—either entirely or to delay a title’s
release on Xbox. (Dkt. No. 283, 6/23/23 Tr. (Spencer) at 313:4–8.) For example, on June 22,
2023, while this trial was happening, Square Enix released Final Fantasy XVI, the latest release in
the iconic Final Fantasy franchise, exclusive to PlayStation 5. Previous versions of Final Fantasy
shipped on Xbox, but the reason Final Fantasy XVI is a PlayStation exclusive is because Sony
“pa[id] to exclude Xbox.” (Id. at 312:20–313:8, 441:18–443:1.) ZeniMax, too, was paid by Sony not to ship Deathloop or Ghostwire for Xbox, and one of the reasons Microsoft bought ZeniMax
was concern Sony would also arrange for Starfield to go exclusive and skip Xbox. (Id. at 314:16–
24.)

[Andrew W. Torrance @lexvivo]

For the first time in public, today I heard the phrase “von Hippel Innovation” used in a public scholarly presentation (at the OUI Conference at KLU in Hamburg).

[Florian Mueller @Florian4Gamers]

WE HAVE THE DECISION!

FTC LOST! Microsoft-ABK can close!

". After considering the parties’ voluminous pre-and-post hearing writing submissions, and having held a five-day evidentiary hearing, the Court DENIES the motion for preliminary injunction. The FTC has not shown"

🧵1/X

[Keck Graduate Institute @KeckGrad]

Dr. Joel West—Dir. of the KGI MBS program and Prof. of Innovation & Entrepreneurship—has announced his retirement. Although some considered him a "tough love" professor, his deep dedication to his students, the program, and KGI is evident.

Read more: https://t.co/aTCV4fLBwr

[Peter G. Klein @petergklein]

Sampling on the dependent variable is the go-to strategy for industrial policy enthusiasts!

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

The bank run on Silicon Valley Bank shows the biggest dangers of any business are the ones that companies fail to imagine and don’t know they should fear https://t.co/Fq1B4PgLyE

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Today is World Tuberculosis day

It kills 1.4m/year

Yet, we can almost end TB by 2030 by investing an additional $6.2bn/year

Saves 27 million lives by 2050!

Each dollar delivers $46 of social good

One of the world's best investments

https://t.co/v3j55PKrvi

[Peter G. Klein @petergklein]

This is the right attitude but, sadly, a luxury of the tenured!

[Computer History Museum @ComputerHistory]

We are saddened by the passing of @intel cofounder Gordon Moore earlier today. Moore was a longtime supporter and friend of CHM, personally and through the @MooreFound.

[Intel @intel]

Today, we lost a visionary.

Gordon Moore, thank you for everything.

[MIT Free Speech Alliance @mitfreespeech]

See also
@jadler1969:
"[I]t seems appropriate [Morey] is now president of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers, a team that takes its inspiration from the nation's founding and the Declaration of Independence."
https://t.co/3zmPh7PuUS

[MIT Free Speech Alliance @mitfreespeech]

If you get the @WSJ, don't miss this from @sixers president of basketball operations & MIT Sloan alum @dmorey, on @TheFIREorg's report on MIT's speech climate and the importance of restoring a culture of free inquiry.
https://t.co/Nu7Tez2hhG

[Strategic Organization @StrategOrg]

As the year comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to thank all readers, authors, & reviewers of @StrategOrg for another successful year. We couldn't do it without you!

Wishing everyone a happy and joyful Holiday Season from the SO! Team! 🤩

[Alex Byrne @byrne_a]

It took a while, and (of course!) we had to do it our way, but the MIT faculty have just voted to adopt a statement on free expression. @TheFireorg, @AFA_Alliance, @AAUP.
https://t.co/3dticHMEXy