The freedom-fighters: How incumbent corporations are attemting to control user-innovation

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-572

  Braun, Viktor ^a   Herstatt, Cornelius ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Open innovation; Sources of innovation; User innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349144597     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919608002059     Document Type: Article

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