The "lead user construct" was developed to preferentially identify commercially attractive innovation-related information developed by users of products and services. In this research, we use data drawn from users of Apache, an open source software project, to assess the association between each...

Statistical indicators have not kept pace with innovation research. Today, it is wellunderstood that many industrial and consumer products are developed by users, and thatmany innovations developed at private cost are freely shared. New statistical indicatorswill empower policymakers to take...