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- Influence
Lead users: a source of novel product concepts
- E. Hippel
- Economics
- 1 July 1986
Accurate marketing research depends on accurate user judgments regarding their needs. However, for very novel products or in product categories characterized by rapid change---such as "high… Expand
Sticky Information and the Locus of Problem Solving: Implications for Innovation
- E. Hippel
- Mathematics
- 1 April 1994
To solve a problem, needed information and problem-solving capabilities must be brought together. Often the information used in technical problem solving is costly to acquire, transfer, and use in a… Expand
The Sources of Innovation
It has long been assumed that product innovations are typically developed by product manufacturers. Because this assumption deals with the basic matter of who the innovator is, it has inevitably had… Expand
Performance Assessment of the Lead User Idea-Generation Process for New Product Development
- G. Lilien, P. Morrison, Kathleen Searls, M. Sonnack, E. Hippel
- Computer Science
- Manag. Sci.
- 1 August 2002
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Shifting Innovation to Users via Toolkits
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Horizontal Innovation Networks - By and For Users
- E. Hippel
- Business
- 1 April 2007
Innovation development, production, distribution and consumption networks can be built up horizontally—with actors consisting only of innovation users (more precisely, “user/self-manufacturers”).… Expand
Finding commercially attractive user innovations: A test of lead user theory
- N. Franke, E. Hippel, M. Schreier
- Computer Science
- 1 July 2006
TLDR
Cooperation between Rivals: Informal Know-How Trading
- E. Hippel
- Economics
- 1 December 1987
It has long been recognized that it is difficult for an innovating firm to fully appropriate the benefits arising from its innovations, and that desired research might therefore not be performed… Expand
Innovation by User Communities: Learning From Open-Source Software
- E. Hippel
- Economics
- 2001
If the open-source software movement is any harbinger of future trends, manufacturing companies need to be concerned not only about what they produce, but also about what their customers might… Expand
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PERSPECTIVE: User toolkits for innovation
- E. Hippel
- Computer Science
- 1 July 2001
Manufacturers must accurately understand user needs in order to develop successful products–but the task is becoming steadily more difficult as user needs change more rapidly, and as firms… Expand