The Independent Inventor: Hero or Fool?

In this paper I will tackle a subject often neglected when grand treatises on innovation are written: the independent inventor. Although independent inventors are not as significant as they once were, their death is, as Mark Twain said, responding to reports of his own demise, "very much exagge...

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Autor principal:	Ron Westrum
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	University of Edinburgh 2009
Materias:	Fine Arts N Language and Literature P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:612e80520c8644f887572cc074a737cd2021-11-23T09:46:00ZThe Independent Inventor: Hero or Fool?1749-9771https://doaj.org/article/612e80520c8644f887572cc074a737cd2009-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/615https://doaj.org/toc/1749-9771In this paper I will tackle a subject often neglected when grand treatises on innovation are written: the independent inventor. Although independent inventors are not as significant as they once were, their death is, as Mark Twain said, responding to reports of his own demise, "very much exaggerated." Not only do independent inventors still invent, they are more successful than is generally thought. Here I would like to take the time to give an in-depth examination of this interesting species.Ron WestrumUniversity of EdinburgharticleFine ArtsNLanguage and LiteraturePENForum, Iss 08 (2009)
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The Independent Inventor: Hero or Fool?

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