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