Harnessing the hackers: The emergence and exploitation of Outlaw Innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-193

  Flowers, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hackers; Innovation; Outlaw; User

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CRIME; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SECURITY OF DATA; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

OUTLAW INNOVATION; OUTLAW USER; STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39549122553     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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