Play, Print, and Share: 3D printing enthusiasts as user innovators and entrepreneurs

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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing Pub Date : 2020-12-22 DOI:10.1504/ijev.2020.10032401

Izabelle Bäckström, L. Bengtsson

引用次数: 1

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to explore how these 3D printing enthusiasts make sense of their 3D printing activities online and offline, and how these activities can be explained in terms of the theoretical concepts user innovation and user entrepreneurship. This paper builds on an in-depth interview study and reveals four ideal types (Halkier, 2011) of 3D printing enthusiasts: Entrepreneurial, hobby, individual, and sharing. Based on the theoretical concepts of user innovation and user entrepreneurship, the four ideal types of 3D printing enthusiasts show varying degrees of willingness to engage in 3D communities and disseminate their ideas and innovations beyond inhouse or in-community use. We contribute to user innovation and user entrepreneurship research by highlighting 3D printing enthusiasts as a specific group of user innovators/entrepreneurs with characteristics especially favourable to the diffusion of their ideas, designs, and innovations peer-to-peer or commercially. (Less)

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Play、Print、Share: 3D打印爱好者作为用户创新者和企业家

本文的主要目的是探讨这些3D打印爱好者如何理解他们在线上和线下的3D打印活动，以及如何用用户创新和用户创业的理论概念来解释这些活动。本文在深入访谈研究的基础上，揭示了3D打印爱好者的四种理想类型(Halkier, 2011):创业型、爱好型、个人型和共享型。基于用户创新和用户创业的理论概念，四种理想类型的3D打印爱好者表现出不同程度的参与3D社区的意愿，并将他们的想法和创新传播到内部或社区之外。我们通过强调3D打印爱好者作为用户创新者/企业家的特定群体，特别有利于他们的想法，设计和创新的点对点或商业传播，从而为用户创新和用户创业研究做出贡献。(少)

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International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

20.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： The journal name relates to Harvard Business School''s understanding of "The Entrepreneurial Venture" (Sahlmann/Stevenson/Roberts/Bhidé), the concept of entrepreneurship not only limited to new ventures/start-ups, but further understood as the concentration of opportunity/growth/value creation regardless of company size, age or kind. Hence, IJEV addresses organisational processes surrounding these concepts: from an idea to an innovation. To bridge the gap between innovation and entrepreneurship research, IJEV emphasises implications of this new knowledge for researchers, managers, public policy makers and business educators. Topics covered include: -Opportunity: identification; recognition; creation; selection; exploitation -Growth: management of rapidly growing enterprises; control -Value creation: for owners; for customers; other stakeholders; society -Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship -New venture creation -Management of technology and innovation -New product development and creativity -SME management -Entrepreneurial and small enterprise finance -Crowdsourcing and crowdfunding -Family business -Gender and diversity -Global entrepreneurship and internationalisation -Public policy, the economy, and the small enterprise -Business and organisational failure