User innovation and the market
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
Gault, Fred. “User innovation and the market.” Science and Public Policy, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scs005.
Gault, Fred. 2012. “User innovation and the market.” Science and Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scs005.
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title = {User innovation and the market},
author = {Fred Gault},
journal = {Science and Public Policy},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1093/scipol/scs005},
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- DOI
- 10.1093/scipol/scs005
- Countries
- Netherlands
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- Europe
- Categories
- innovation-theory, rural-data-and-definitions, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28