Democratizing Innovation

Name: Democratizing Innovation
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ISBN: 9780262720472

ISBN-10: 0262720477

ISBN-13: 9780262720472

Edition: 2006

Authors: Eric Von Hippel

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Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. These innovating users -- both individuals and firms -- often freely share their innovations with others, creating user-innovation communities and a rich intellectual commons. In Democratizing Innovation, Eric von Hippel looks closely at this emerging system of user-centered innovation. He explains why and when users find it profitable to develop new products and services for themselves, and why it often pays users to reveal their innovations freely for the use of all. The trend toward democratized innovation can…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/17/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.94" long x 0.46" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Acknowledgments



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


Notes


Bibliography


Index