Eric von Hippel. Democratizing Innovation

2005, - 220 р.Acknowledgements
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