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035 _a(CaBNVSL)mat07862442
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040 _aCaBNVSL
_beng
_erda
_cCaBNVSL
_dCaBNVSL
050 1 4 _aHC79.T4
_bH557 2017eb
100 1 _aHippel, Eric von,
_eauthor.
_925007
245 1 0 _aFree innovation /
_cEric von Hippel.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2017]
264 2 _a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] :
_bIEEE Xplore,
_c[2016]
300 _a1 PDF (xi, 228 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aelectronic
_2isbdmedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _a1. 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.
506 _aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520 3 _a"In this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, 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 is an inherently simple grassroots innovation process, unencumbered by compensated transactions and intellectual property rights. Free innovation is already widespread in national economies and is steadily increasing in both scale and scope. Today, tens of millions of consumers are collectively spending tens of billions of dollars annually on innovation development. However, because free innovations are developed during consumers' unpaid, discretionary time and are given away rather than sold, their collective impact and value have until very recently been hidden from view. This has caused researchers, governments, and firms to focus too much on the Schumpeterian idea of innovation as a producer-dominated activity. Free innovation has both advantages and drawbacks. Because free innovators are self-rewarded by such factors as personal utility, learning, and fun, they often pioneer new areas before producers see commercial potential. At the same time, because they give away their innovations, free innovators generally have very little incentive to invest in diffusing what they create, which reduces the social value of their efforts. The best solution, von Hippel and his colleagues argue, is a division of labor between free innovators and producers, enabling each to do what they do best. The result will be both increased producer profits and increased social welfare -- a gain for all."
530 _aAlso available in print.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web
588 _aDescription based on PDF viewed 03/16/2017.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_xEconomic aspects.
_915617
650 0 _aInventors.
_925008
650 0 _aInnovations.
_925009
650 0 _aEconomics.
_925010
650 0 _aEntrepreneurship.
_925011
655 0 _aElectronic books.
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710 2 _aIEEE Xplore (Online Service),
_edistributor.
_925012
710 2 _aMIT Press,
_epublisher.
_925013
856 4 2 _3Abstract with links to resource
_uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=7862442
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