Democratizing innovation / Eric von Hippel.

The process of user-centered innovation: how it can benefit both users and manufacturers and how its emergence will bring changes in business models and in public policy. Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hippel, Eric von
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.
Series:	Humanities Open Book.
Subjects:	Technological innovations > Economic aspects. Diffusion of innovations. Democracy. democracy. Democracy Diffusion of innovations Technological innovations > Economic aspects Technische Innovation Benutzerrückmeldung Technische vernieuwing. Economische aspecten. Innovatiediffusie. Democratisering. Internet (impactos sociais)
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Table of Contents:

Introduction and Overview
Development of Products by Lead Users
Why Many Users Want Custom Products
Users' Innovate-or-Buy Decisions
Users' Low-Cost Innovation Niches
Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovations
Innovation Communities
Adapting Policy to User Innovation
Democratizing Innovation
Application: Searching for Lead User Innovations
Application: Toolkits for User Innovation and Custom Design
Linking User Innovation to Other Phenomena and Fields.

Democratizing innovation / Eric von Hippel.

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