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Implications of Toolkits for User Innovation and Design
| Project type: | Research Project |
| Programme: | Cognitive Sciences |
| Call: | SciENCE for Creative Industries Call 2003/2004 |
| Duration: | 4,75 years |
| Grant awarded: | 270.000 € |
Nikolaus Franke
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
| Project partners: | Eric von Hippel (MIT, Sloan School of Management) Frank Piller (Technical University of Munich, Department of General and Industrial Management) Alfred Taudes (Vienna University of Economics, Department of Production Management) Ralph Sichler (Vienna University of Economics, Department for Psychology) |
This research project aims to study the implications of so-called "toolkits for user innovation and design" (TUID). TUID is a new concept suggesting to providing customers with a technology that allows them to design their own individual products. Customers become active creators and even innovators. In this project we aim to empirically analyze the benefits and drawbacks of this concept from both, the manufacturer's and the customer's perspective.
