Exploring users motivation in innovation communities

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 298-314

  Ståhlbröst, Anna ^a   Bergvall Kåreborn, Birgitta ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botnia Living Lab; Innovation communities; Innovation intermediary community; Motivation; Open innovation; Technology adoption type; User characteristics; User driven innovation; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054118864     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2011.043051     Document Type: Article

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