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User-led innovation: a new framework for understanding business and social value
The report was prepared by researchers of the User Environments program of the Smart Internet Technology CRC, based at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. The first part presents a comprehensive analysis of the structural changes behind the rise of user-led innovation, and develops a model of an emerging 'User-led Services Ecology'. The second part presents a practical case study of the 3D virtual world Second Life, an important site from which to explore advanced user-led practices, business strategies, and new forms of social engagement.