Consumer innovation in Sweden
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Lunds universitet - Institutionen för teknisk ekonomi och logistik |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 972 490 |
| Project duration | December 2014 - November 2015 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
Consumer Innovation is a phenomenon that is almost unknown in our society. That individuals, in their role as users , also develops various forms of innovation is less known. This research project is aimed primarily at increasing empirical knowledge of consumers´ user innovation in the Swedish population . In the study , we used a method that was obtained from a similar Finnish study (Kuusisto et al , 2013) . The survey of consumer innovation in Sweden have shown a significant presence : 7.3% of the Swedish population aged between 18-65 years .
Results and expected effects
The results indicate that the lack of dissemination of consumer innovation means loss of welfare for Swedish society and that policy measures are motivated primarily to stimulate and support a wider dissemination of consumer innovations but also stimulate increased consumer innovation activity. The report has three main policy proposals and six concrete support measures put forward .
Approach and implementation
The coverage has followed the following steps : 1. To translate, adapt and develop the measurement instruments used in the Finnish study (Kuusisto et al , 2013) . 2. Implementing a survey of user innovation in a representative sample of Swedish consumers of about 1,000 people. 3. To analyze the incidence of user innovation among Swedish consumers, its value , motifs and diffusion. 4. To analyze differences and similarities in user innovation compared to previous surveys . 5. Through case studies , describe and analyze some Swedish consumer innovators.