Professor Eric von Hippel at CBS
USER INNOVATION LECTURE - DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION
Speaker:
ERIC VON HIPPEL
Professor and Head, Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group, MIT Sloan School of Management
Professor von Hippel will speak on the topic of his latest book, "Democratizing Innovation." (MIT Press, 2005)
Professor von Hippel is known for pioneering research that has shown how
product "lead users" are often the developers of successful new products,
rather than the manufacturers as has been commonly assumed. This research,
along with that of collaborators and others, is now triggering a major
rethinking of how the innovation process works. The emerging view that users
are at the center of the innovation process promises to generate major
changes in company business models and also in government policymaking on
innovation-related matters. Professor von Hippel has developed practical
tools that enable product manufacturers to more efficiently participate in
user-centered innovation processes.
Download a free version
(Creative Commons License) of the book "Democratizing Innovation" from here:
Eric von Hippel
The lecture is organized by Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy
(IVS). For further information, please contact assistant professor
Lars Bo Jeppesen