Roszkowska-Menkes, Maria2018-01-202018-01-202017Roszkowska-Menkes, M. (2017). User Innovation: State of the Art and Perspectives for Future Research. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 13(2), 127-1542299-7326http://hdl.handle.net/11199/10256Given the rising role of users in innovation processes and the increasing amount of research in this field the aim of this paper is to explore the limits of our understanding of the user innovation (UI) concept. In doing so, the study addresses four basic questions: (1) Why do users create and share innovation? (2) Who is the user-innovator? (3) What type of innovation do users create? (4) How do users innovate? The results of a systematic literature review identified the main research streams on user innovation, together with weaknesses of past research and perspectives for future studies.en-USopen accessAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Polandco-creationcollaborative innovationmass customizationuser innovationuser-driven innovationarticle