Innovations by lead users precede equivalent commercial products, figure 10.1 from Democratizing Innovation, the text from the class. (Image by Prof. Eric von Hippel.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Eric von Hippel
MIT Course Number
15.352
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Highlights
This course features a full set of lecture notes and a link to the online version of the class textbook in the readings section.
Course Description
Important emerging trends in innovation are identified, and their implications for innovation management are explored. Major topics to be discussed include the trend to open information ("open source") rather than protected intellectual property; the distribution of innovation over many independent but collaborating actors; and toolkits that empower users to innovate for themselves.