Title
Open source software projects as user innovation networks
Author
Eric von Hippel, MIT Sloan School of Management
Date
3/06/2008
(Original Publish Date: 6/1/2002)
(Original Publish Date: 6/1/2002)
Abstract
Innovation development, production, distribution and consumption networks can be built up horizontally - with actors consisting only of innovation users (more precisely, “user/self-manufacturers”). “Free” and “open source” software projects are examples of such networks, and examples can be found in the case of physical products as well.
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