How Community Matters for User Innovation: The Open Source of Sports Innovation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Sonali K. Shah

9780656749560: How Community Matters for User Innovation: The Open Source of Sports Innovation (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0656749563 ISBN 13: 9780656749560

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2022

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End-user innovation thrives in open communities.

This study explores how sports enthusiasts develop new equipment ideas by drawing help from a sharing network, not in isolation.

The book examines real-world end-user innovators outside formal organizations, showing how they gather information and support within voluntary communities. It highlights a pattern of free, collaborative assistance and a strong social norm of giving back, rather than pursuing monetary gain. The work also connects these practices to broader ideas about open collaboration and diffusion of innovations, framing how help from peers can influence widespread adoption.

How voluntary communities become the engine for user-driven innovation in sports gear.
Why free sharing and generalized exchange matter more than direct profits for innovators and helpers.
How rivalry levels influence willingness to assist and what that means for diffusion.
How researchers measure diffusion inside and outside communities and interpret thresholds of influence.

Ideal for readers curious about open innovation, user-driven design, and the social dynamics that help ideas spread beyond their origin.

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