Free Innovation

A leading innovation scholar explains the growing phenomenon and impact of free innovation, in which innovations developed by consumers and given away "for free." In this book, Eric von Hippel, author of the influential Democratizing Innovation, integrates new theory and research findings...

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Main Author: Hippel, Eric von (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2016
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