Free Innovation /

"This book integrates new theory and research findings into the framework of a 'free innovation paradigm.' Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations developed by consumers who are self-rewarded for their efforts, and who give their designs away 'for free.' It i...

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Main Author: Hippel, Eric von (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Overview of free innovation
  • 2. Evidence for free innovation
  • 3. Viability zones for free innovation
  • 4. Pioneering by free innovators
  • 5. Diffusion shortfall in free innovation
  • 6. Division of labor between free innovators and producers
  • 7. Tightening the loop between free innovators and producers
  • 8. The broad scope of free innovation
  • 9. Personality traits of successful free innovators
  • 10. Preserving free innovators' legal rights
  • 11. Next steps for free innovation research and practice
  • Appendix 1: Household sector innovation questionnaire
  • Appendix 2: Modeling free innovation's impacts on markets and welfare
  • References
  • Index.