User Innovation and the Market

Gault, Fred

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1949182

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“…However, they are not introduced on the market as the product developed or modified by the household or individual is not necessarily for sale but for one's own use. This question was raised in a user innovation project in Finland in 2011 [de Jong et al, 2015] and a modification to the definition was proposed [Gault, 2012]. The third edition of the Oslo Manual was in use at this time and the definition of business innovation appeared in two paragraphs, 146 and 150 [OECD, Eurostat, 2005].…”

Section: User Innovation By Households or Individualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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User Innovation in the Digital Economy

Gault¹

2019

Foresight and STI Governance

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T he paper reviews the current state of user innovation in the business and household sectors and considers the impact of the digital economy on user innovation. A general definition of innovation, applicable in all sectors of the economy, is introduced to expand the domain of user innovation to all economic sectors, not just the business sector and households. This raises questions about innovation policy, especially in a digital economy, and how policy affects innovation in households. The outcomes of this study include the implications for skills needed to support user innovation in the different economic sectors of the digital economy and the relevance of user innovation to policy objectives.

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Section: User Innovation By Households or Individualsmentioning

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“…They are the following. The proposed change was to replace 'introduced on the market' with 'made available to potential users' [Gault, 2012]. This preserved the requirement that, to be a product innovation, the product had to be 'new or significantly improved' and it had to be 'made available' by some means.…”

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User Innovation in the Digital Economy

Gault¹

2019

Foresight and STI Governance

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“…Some contributions discuss how to conceptualize and measure "user innovation" by consumers, as opposed to firms (Hienerth, von Hippel and Berg Jensen 2014). In a related fashion, a suggestion has been made that the link to market be replaced by a link to "potential users" to cover user and public sector innovation (Gault 2012). This is still under discussion in the innovation community, but it would, if adopted, include non-market transfers of goods or services in updated definitions of innovation.…”

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Measuring innovation in the informal economy – formulating an agenda for Africa

Charmes¹,

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Wunsch-Vincent³

2018

JIC

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This paper reviews options for measuring innovation in the informal sector and proposes an agenda for future work. It starts with a review of surveys of innovation in the formal business sector, and related definitions, as sources of questions and definitions which could be applied to the informal sector. Then, labour force surveys, and those that are combined with establishment surveys to measure informal sector activities, are examined with a view to adding questions, or modules, on the measurement of innovation in the informal sector. In addition, the advantages of using semi-structured interviews and ad hoc questionnaires in specific sub-sectors of the informal sector are explored. The discussion leads to a possible agenda for future work on the development of policy relevant indicators of innovation in the informal economy. Its main strength lies in the new combination of tested approaches in both informal sector and also innovation surveys.

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“…Thereby, the study follows ideas developed by von and goes beyond conventional statistical frameworks which require a connection to market-based activities. As the debate on whether the current definition is suitable to accommodate users that share knowledge with a peer group or community of practice is ongoing, we believe that further insights also support including user-innovators (not only individuals) to the measurement framework (Gault, 2012).…”

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What user-innovators do that others don't: A study of daily practices

Fursov

Thurner

Nefedova

2017

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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This paper argues that innovation behavior roots in specific socio-psychological setups that crystallize in daily practices and routines. The latter are easy to observe and have great potential for the identification of user-innovation behavior. We study the practices and routines of Russian user-innovators around media consumption, internet and technologyusage, consumer preferences and civic engagement in comparison with a sample of mere users. The derived model correctly classified 73% of the original grouped cases of userinnovators. We conclude that a set of practices relative to the economic, social and cultural background explains user-innovation engagement and how support could be provided. Although some of our findings are probably specific to Russia, the results are encouraging for further research into the importance of practices and routines in identifying user-innovators.

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User Innovation and the Market

Cited by 21 publications

References 11 publications

User Innovation in the Digital Economy

User Innovation in the Digital Economy

Measuring innovation in the informal economy – formulating an agenda for Africa

What user-innovators do that others don't: A study of daily practices

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