User-innovation : barriers to democratization and IP licensing / Viktor Braun and Cornelius Herstatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braun, Viktor, 1982-

Contributor:

Herstatt, Cornelius.

Series:

Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 13.

Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization.

New products.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Economic growth is highly dependent on technological progress and innovation, yet the sources from which these innovations originate are still largely misunderstood and untapped. Recent research has demonstrated that users, rather than manufacturers, are often a critical source of innovation in numerous fields from extreme sports to medical devices to software. This book systematically identifies the most important barriers to user-innovation and critically evaluates the democratization of innovation argument by critically assessing the main legal, economic, technological, and societal barr

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Diagrams; Tables; Frequently Used Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part A The Democratization Potential; Part B Barriers to Democratization; B.1 Exploring the Barriers to User-Innovation; B.2 Empirical Analysis in the Field of Medical Devices; Part C The Dynamics of User-Innovation; Part D The Paradigm of Licensing to Innovate; D.1 The Permission to Innovate; D.2 Licenses as Sources of Innovation; D.3 Licensing to Innovate: An Alternate Instrument for User-Manufacturer Co-operation

Appendix: The Lead-User Method in the Medical Device IndustryNotes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-25524-5

1-282-06529-7

9786612065293

0-203-87390-4

9780203873908

OCLC:

476266131