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Quote page 109 of this PDF It is now clear that users often innovate, and that they often freely reveal their innovations. But what about informal cooperation among users? What about organized cooperation in development of innovations and other matters? The answer is that both flourish among user-innovators. Informal user-to-user cooperation, such as assisting others to innovate, is common. Organized cooperation in which users interact within communi- ties, is also common. Innovation communities are often stocked with use- ful tools and infrastructure that increase the speed and effectiveness with which users can develop and test and diffuse their innovations.

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation, Carliss Baldwin and Eric von Hippel, November 2009, Revised August 2010

Concerning socio-technical networks, Canadian Socioeconomist Benoît Lévesque: "Le potentiel d'innovation et de transformation de l'économie sociale : quelques éléments de problématique", CRISES, Avril 2006 Quote: "En somme, les innovations résulteraient de processus sociaux, soit d'interactions et d'échanges d'informations entre personnes, scientifiques, entrepreneurs, financiers, hommes politiques, usagers, clients formant ainsi des réseaux sociotechniques." "L'innovation pourrait donc être comprise en termes de processus inscrits dans des systèmes sociaux d'innovation. Outre le fait qu'elles mettent bien en lumière le caractère social et collectif de toute innovation, les notions de système et de processus peuvent être très utiles pour établir des passerelles entre les innovations et les transformations sociales (Boyer, 1991)." Quote

"During September and October, several academic institutions across Europe are hosting Information Days to explore the 'Collective Awareness Platforms for Sustainability and Social Innovation' (CAPS) initiative, which will provide funding for research within call 10 of the workprogramme 2013 of the EU ICT programme (Objective ICT-2013.5.5).These information days will provide the opportunity for networking among participants and preparation of proposals among this call and objective."