By Karim R. Lakhani, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Peter A. Lohse, and Jill A. Panetta, Harvard Business School Working Paper, published 2007. This paper looks at applying the open source (software) model to solve scientific problems.
Q&A with Karim R. Lakhani by Martha Lagace, published in Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, November 20 2006. Lakhani's "research analyze[ed] how open source norms of transparency, permeable access, and collaboration might work with scientists."
Conference listings, including links to topic summaries and a PDF of presentation slides. Conference was held in the summer of 2008; page last updated in June 2009.