Democratizing innovation
By: Eric von Hippel.
Edition: 1st MIT Press paperback ed.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780262720472; 9780262002745
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects; Diffusion of innovations; Democracy
Description: Innovation is rapidly becoming democratized. Users, aided by improvements in computer and communications technology, increasingly can develop their own new products and services. Eric von Hippel looks closely at this emerging system of user-centred innovation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-195) and index.