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User innovation and the market

Fred Gault · 2012 · Science and Public Policy

Summary. This paper argues that official innovation statistics should include consumers who modify or develop products for their own use and share that knowledge freely. Current OECD definitions exclude consumer user innovation while focusing on market-based innovation. The author proposes redefining innovation to capture this activity, discusses policy implications for both consumer and firm innovation, and outlines how public sector measurement would change.

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Gault, F.. (2012). User innovation and the market. Science and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scs005

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DOI
10.1093/scipol/scs005
Countries
Netherlands
Regions
Europe
Categories
innovation-theory, rural-data-and-definitions, general-innovation
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2026-04-28