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      User-Innovation

      by Cornelius Herstatt, Viktor Braun

      This book systematically identifies the most important barriers to user-innovation and critically evaluates the democratization of innovation argument by critically assessing the main legal, economic, technological, and societal barriers to user-innovation for the first time and proposing alternative possibilities.

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      Hardcover
      LANGUAGE
      English
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      Brand New


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      Economic growth is highly dependent on technological progress and innovation, yet the sources from which these innovations originate are still largely misunderstood and untapped. Recent research has demonstrated that users, rather than manufacturers, are often a critical source of innovation in numerous fields from extreme sports to medical devices to software. This book systematically identifies the most important barriers to user-innovation and critically evaluates the democratization of innovation argument by critically assessing the main legal, economic, technological, and societal barriers to user-innovation for the first time and proposing alternative possibilities. Through original research the author reveals the dynamics of user-innovation and offers strategies for minimizing those factors that inhibit and stifle the spread of this phenomenon. From this analysis it becomes clear that user-innovation has become more difficult over time and that the problem is now of how manufacturers can enable users to overcome the discussed barriers and simultaneously benefit from such consumer-driven activities. Arguing that licenses are not just an important technology commercialization instrument but are tools critical to generating innovations, the author explains how licenses can in certain situations be employed to help users overcome some of the barriers to user-innovation. User-Innovation: Barriers to Democratization and IP Licensing is a practical guidebook as well as a startlingly original work of scholarship that will be essential reading for years to come.

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      User-innovation is an important area of research which has so far largely been considered in terms of its success and potential. In numerous areas users have been depicted as a critical source of innovation, without asking why this is not the case in other realms. While the factors that could increase the extent of user-innovation, and thereby lead to a democratization of innovation have been considered in depth, the factors that could inhibit and stifle the spread of this phenomenon have largely been ignored. This book

      Table of Contents

      List of DiagramsList of TablesList of Frequently Used AbbreviationsForewordAcknowledgments IntroductionPart A: The Democratization Potential Part B: Barriers to DemocratizationB.1 Exploring the Barriers to User-InnovationB. 2 Empirical Analysis in the Field of Medical DevicesPart C: The Dynamics of User-InnovationPart D: The Paradigm of Licensing to InnovateD. 1 The Permission to InnovateD. 2 Licenses as Sources of InnovationD. 3 Licensing to Innovate: An Alternate Instrument for User-Manufacturer Co-Operation AppendixNotesBibliography Index

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      "Hilarious....You may never look at Fido the same way." - Entertainment Weekly

      Details

      ISBN0415777194
      Author Viktor Braun
      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Series Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
      Year 2009
      ISBN-10 0415777194
      ISBN-13 9780415777193
      Format Hardcover
      Imprint Routledge
      Place of Publication London
      Country of Publication United Kingdom
      Language English
      Media Book
      Short Title USER INNOVATION
      Series Number 13
      DEWEY 338.064
      Subtitle Barriers to Democratization and IP Licensing
      Pages 254
      Affiliation Technology University of Hamburg, Germany
      Publication Date 2009-04-01
      AU Release Date 2009-04-01
      NZ Release Date 2009-04-01
      UK Release Date 2009-04-01
      Illustrations 14 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
      Alternative 9781138994003
      Audience Tertiary & Higher Education

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