Free Innovation

by Eric von Hippel

Book Overview

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 into the framework of a "free innovation paradigm." Free innovation, as he defines it, involves innovations developed by consumers who are self-rewarded...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262035219
• ISBN13: 9780262035217
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher