User, and open collaborative innovation
Subtitle: ascendent economic models
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Eric von Hippel
Contributors: Hippel, Eric von; Harvard Business School
Series: Working paper / Harvard Business School -- 10-038; Working paper (Harvard Business School) -- 10-038.
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Description: In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single user individuals or firms, and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users and also open collaborative innovation increasingly compete with - and may displace -producer innovation in many parts of the economy. We argue that a transition from producer innovation to open single user and open collaborative innovation is desirable in terms of social welfare, and so worthy of support by policymakers.
Notes: "November 2009"--Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references.