Market-based user innovation in the Internet of Things

Author

Kortuem, Gerd ; Kawsar, Fahim

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Commun., Lancaster Univ., Lancaster, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 1 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The importance of user innovation is widely accepted, but the development of the Internet of Things is primarily driven by large commercial players. Using an innovation perspective, this paper identifies how user innovation and market-based innovation can be combined in the Internet of Things (IoT). A survey of tools for user/developers in the IoT space uncovers a rich set of tools for creation of hardware, software and data but reveals poor support for distribution and sharing of such artifacts. To address this shortcoming we propose connected marketplaces as a way to provide users/developers with rich opportunities for sharing and trading of artifacts, and to enable effective user innovation in the IoT.

Keywords

Internet; innovation management; marketing; peer-to-peer computing; Internet of thing; IoT space; artifact sharing; commercial player; connected market place; innovation perspective; market based user innovation; Communities; Hardware; Internet; Radiofrequency identification; Software; Technological innovation; Internet of Things; digital markets; smart buildings; user innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet of Things (IOT), 2010

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7413-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IOT.2010.5678434

Filename

5678434