User-Driven Innovation. Involving excellent Clusters

This work focuses on User Driven Innovation and how explains how it functions, its components, and points out the importance of a whole process. The overall theme of UDI is explored, along with its history, even if a concept itself is not new, its usage in policy circles is a relatively new method. Along with an introduction to the topic, this work offers explanation on various elements of User Driven Innovation such as users itself [end Users (i.e. consumers), business Users (i.e. customers in the value chain), the public sector (e.g. in cases where the public sector procures various products and services), and society at large (e.g. where certain regions or countries are viewed as “lead markets” for new products/services)]. This work compiles not only an overview of the theme, but also introduces the reader to a summary of the input and reflections from project partners and reflection group members, provides a number of methodologies and practical approaches (tools) to be used by cluster organisations to support enterprises in User Driven Innovation.