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User Led Innovation Report from Down Under
(via Smart Mobs) I came across this interesting report from Darren Sharp and Mandy Salomon at Smart Internet Technology CRC in Australia: “User-led Innovation: A New Framework for Co-creating Business and Social Value.” (PDF link).
The first half of the study results from qualitative interviews with “experts on the social, economic and legal aspects of user-led innovation”, specifically:
- Eric von Hippel
- Yochai Benkler
- Jimmy Wales
- Michel Bauwens
- Siva Vaidhyanathan
- John Howkins
- Mitch Kapor
The second half of the study focuses on Second Life as a case study or example of the impact of user-led innovation in actual practice.
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