The magnitude of innovation by demand in a sectoral system: The role of industrial users in semiconductors

The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behaviour and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship

“…However, instead of providing their ideas and feedback to incumbents, users may become entrepreneurs themselves by producing and commercializing products or services that they originally created for their own use (Shah and Tripsas 2007;Adams, Fontana, and Malerba 2013). This phenomenon of 'user entrepreneurship' is a new topic of study.…”

“…Adams, Fontana, and Malerba (2013) address the relevance of user entrepreneurship in the semiconductor industry and show that the magnitude of innovation (as measured via patents) by user firms is relatively high. Adams, Fontana, and Malerba (2013) also search for the distinguishing features of user firms, which turn out highly heterogeneous in terms of size and diversification, but actively engage in R&D collaboration and co-patenting. Also, their spin-offs survive longer than other companies' spin-offs.…”

Are Patients and Relatives the Better Innovators? The Case of Medical Smartphone Applications

“…Different user groups possess different knowledge bases -end users have need knowledge and lack solution knowledge, while producers have solution knowledge and need to absorb external need knowledge (Block et al 2016). Adams et al (2013) Studies that analyze the diffusion of user innovations show that users often reveal their innovations freely as they benefit from using the innovation rather than from selling it (Harhoff et al 2003). Free revealing of user innovations has been shown in several industries, such as sports equipment (Franke and Shah 2003), library information systems (Morrison et al 2000), semiconductor production (Harhoff et al 2003), and open source software (Füller et al 2013;Balka et al 2010;.…”

Technological change and the evolution of sectoral systems of innovation in highly regulated industries: a study of the Australian electricity industry

“…Research on sectoral systems has shown that the innovation process involves interaction among a wide variety of actors for the generation and exchange of knowledge and the roles of these different actors and their importance for innovation vary according to the sector involved (Adams, Fontana & Malerba, 2013). A sector is composed of heterogeneous agents that are organisations and individuals (e.g., consumers, entrepreneurs, scientists) (Malerba, 2002(Malerba, , 2004(Malerba, , 2005.…”

“…Demand, in terms of both end-consumers and intermediate user firms, is a major actor in the innovation processes and alongside suppliers, universities, and research organisations, it contributes to ideas and provides feedback for innovation (Adams, Fontana & Malerba, 2013). Another source of evidence on the role of demand in sectoral systems of innovation comes from surveys conducted both within and across industries.…”