Eric Von Hippel:Democratizing Innovation

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Chapters

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  1. Introduction and Overview 1 - Discuss
  2. Development of Products by Lead Users 19 - Discuss
  3. Why Many Users Want Custom Products 33 - Discuss
  4. Users' Innovate-or-Buy Decisions 45 - Discuss
  5. Users' Low-Cost Innovation Niches 63 - Discuss
  6. Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovations 77 - Discuss
  7. Innovation Communities 93 - Discuss
  8. Adapting Policy to User Innovation 107 - Discuss
  9. Democratizing Innovation 121 - Discuss
  10. Application: Searching for Lead User Innovations 133 - Discuss
  11. Application: Toolkits for User Innovation and Custom Design 147 - Discuss
  12. Linking User Innovation to Other Phenomena and Fields 165 - Discuss

Notes 179

Bibliography 183

Index 197

The Text

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Online: http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm

Type: Book

Language: English

Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005.

Editions: 2 Editions

ISBN: 0262002744 9780262002745 0262220741 9780262220743

OCLC: 56880369

Related Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. | Diffusion of innovations. | Democracy.

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Steve Perkins University of Sydney

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