User innovation is a broadly discussed phenomenon in the context of open innovation which describes, for instance, the … field of lead users and user innovation, scientific literature provides only a few insights into how barriers are … research into the effects of user innovation barriers on user-generated products, and how user innovators' personal …

Prior research on user innovation has concentrated on markets in which products (e.g., mountain bikes, kitesurfing … innovation behavior. We question whether absent ownership is an innovation barrier, negatively impacting users' propensity to … reveal that private ownership has significant positive effects on user innovation behavior. Users, who own their equipment …