User-Producer Dialogue, Workplace Innovation, and Knowledge in a Regional Innovation System

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaboration Innovation

In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single user individuals or firms, and open collaborative innovation. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that both innovation by individual users and open collaborative innova...

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation

In this paper we assess the economic viability of innovation by producers relative to two increasingly important alternative models: innovations by single user individuals or firms, and open collaborative innovation projects. We analyze the design costs and architectures and communication costs associated with each model. We conclude that innovation by individual users and also open collaborati...

Knowledge spill-overs, innovation and regional development

The Role of Regional Knowledge for Innovation

We investigate the contribution of different inputs, particularly different knowledge sources, on regional patenting output in the framework of a knowledge production function. The knowledge sources included are R&D employment, size of public research institutions by field of research (number of employees, budget), amount of university external research funds from private firms, public departme...

Workplace Innovation Scale: a New Method for Measuring Innovation in the Workplace

The production of knowledge in projects in building design can be characterised as an interplay between actors within and across several knowledge intensive companies including consulting engineers, architects and contractors. The product usually combines organisational knowledge stemming from various professional practices into a documentation representing a new building. The organisations ope...