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 …

In this paper we report upon a first empirical exploration of the relative efficiency of innovation development by … product users vs. product producers. In a study of over 50 years of product innovation in the whitewater kayaking field, we …

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 …

"Base of the Pyramid" (BoP). However, this type of innovation requires more, in-depth information on the BoP and solution … but remains silent on how to identify and integrate BoP consumers into the innovation process. One obvious solution is to … innovation exists at the BoP at what levels of quality and 2) how firms can support the innovators to implement them into real …

User innovation contributes significantly to societal advancement, particularly in developing novel products and … contributions to the common good. This paper investigates end-users' perceptions of user innovation, a critical yet underexplored … through semi-structured interviews (n=5) and quantitative research using a 2x3 (User Innovation vs. Producer Innovation …