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Users as Innovators: A Review, Critique, and Future Research Directions

Bogers, Marcel, Afuah, Allan, Bastian, Bettina·2010·Journal of Management
DOI 10.1177/0149206309353944
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What role do users play during innovation? Ever since it was argued that users can also be the sources of innovation, the literature on the role of users during innovation has grown tremendously. In this article, the authors review this growing literature, critique it, and develop some of the research questions that could be explored to contribute to this literature and to the theoretical perspectives that underpin the literature.

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Authors
Bogers, M., Afuah, A., & Bastian, B.
Venue
Journal of Management
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2010-01-26
Volume
36
Issue
4
Pages
857-875
ISSN
  • 0149-2063 (ISSN-L)
  • 1557-1211
DOI
10.1177/0149206309353944
OpenAlex
W2103119108
Cited by
853
References
11
FWCI
131.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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