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Eric von Hippel


 

Eric von Hippel (born August 27, 1941) is an economist and a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, specializing in the nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. He is best known for his work developing the concept of user innovation – that end-users, rather than manufacturers, are responsible for a large amount of new innovation. His work has applications in business strategy and open source software.

Major works

  • The Sources of Innovation (1994) ISBN 0195094220
  • Democratizing Innovation (2005) ISBN 0262220741 - Creative Commons PDF