LEADER 04284oam 22006374a 450 001 9910260628003321 005 20241204164723.0 010 $a9780262335461 010 $a0262335468 035 $a(CKB)3710000001507791 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat07862442 035 $a(IDAMS)0b00006485bebeff 035 $a(IEEE)7862442 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001721615 035 $a(OCoLC)1053530393 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53712 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6243310 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/77919 035 $a(ScCtBLL)885a6278-6c3d-4b97-8810-20554327bbf5 035 $a(OCoLC)1159392560 035 $a(oapen)doab77919 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001507791 100 $a20160415d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2isbdmedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aFree Innovation$fEric von Hippel 210 $aCambridge$cThe MIT Press$d2016 210 1$aCambridge, MA :$cMIT Press,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016. 215 $a1 PDF (xi, 228 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 08$a9780262335478 311 08$a0262335476 311 08$a9780262035217 311 08$a0262035219 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroducing free innovation -- Scale and self-rewarding nature of free innovation -- Viability of individual and collaborative free innovation -- Innovation pioneering by free innovators -- Diffusion shortfall in free innovation -- Free and producer paradigm interactions -- Competition for free innovator resources -- Large scope of free innovation -- Factors promoting free innovator success -- Preserving free innovatorsa' strong legal rights -- Next steps in free innovation research, policy, and practice -- Appendix 1: Household sector innovation survey questionnaire -- Appendix 2: Model of the user innovation paradigm : impacts on markets and welfare -- References -- Index. 330 3 $a"In this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, integrates new theory and research findings into the framework of a "free innovation paradigm." Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations developed by consumers who are self-rewarded for their efforts, and who give their designs away "for free." It is an inherently simple grassroots innovation process, unencumbered by compensated transactions and intellectual property rights. Free innovation is already widespread in national economies and is steadily increasing in both scale and scope. Today, tens of millions of consumers are collectively spending tens of billions of dollars annually on innovation development. However, because free innovations are developed during consumers' unpaid, discretionary time and are given away rather than sold, their collective impact and value have until very recently been hidden from view. This has caused researchers, governments, and firms to focus too much on the Schumpeterian idea of innovation as a producer-dominated activity. Free innovation has both advantages and drawbacks. Because free innovators are self-rewarded by such factors as personal utility, learning, and fun, they often pioneer new areas before producers see commercial potential. At the same time, because they give away their innovations, free innovators generally have very little incentive to invest in diffusing what they create, which reduces the social value of their efforts. The best solution, von Hippel and his colleagues argue, is a division of labor between free innovators and producers, enabling each to do what they do best. The result will be both increased producer profits and increased social welfare -- a gain for all." 606 $aInnovations 606 $aInventors 606 $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInnovations. 615 0$aInventors. 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a338/.064 700 $aHippel$b Eric von$0107444 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910260628003321 996 $aFree innovation$91923397 997 $aUNINA