Democratizing innovation: The evolving phenomenon of user innovation

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-78

  von Hippel, Eric ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Product development; User innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444527150     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-004-0002-8     Document Type: Article

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