Whitepapers on user-driven innovation
A historic perspective on user-driven innovation
This paper introduces the theoretical foundation for user-driven innovation that has been developed during the past three decades.
The source of innovation
This paper focuses on the source of innovation, i.e. who has the ability to innovate.
Lead users
This paper explores how the innovator himself is a central figure in the UDI theory. This is acknowledged in much of the research on UDI and a key challange becomes to find out who the innovators are, where they are, and how they can be utilized.
Sticky information
This paper focuses on key aspects of value creating activities, namely the ability of learning from other subjects and transferring that knowledge.
Toolkits for user innovation
This paper explores how the cost of extracting sticky information is able to be lowered by utilizing advances in mobile and computerization.
User communities
This paper explores how user communities are composed and how they can work well enough to create and sustain complex innovations.
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