Innovation Quote by Eric von Hippel

“Moreover, individual users do not have to develop everything they need on their own:”

— Eric von Hippel

“Innovation by users tends to be widely distributed rather than concentrated among just a very few very innovative users. As a result, it is…

— Eric von Hippel

“The user-centered innovation process just illustrated is in sharp contrast to the traditional model, in which products and services are developed by manufacturers in…

— Eric von Hippel

“The user-centered innovation process just illustrated is in sharp contrast to the traditional model, in which products and services are developed by manufacturers in…

— Eric von Hippel

“great advantages over the manufacturer-centric innovation development systems that have been the mainstay of commerce for hundreds of years. Users that innovate can develop…

— Eric von Hippel

“users of products and services-both firms and individual consumers-are increasingly able to innovate for themselves. User-centered innovation processes offer great advantages over the manufacturer-centric…

— Eric von Hippel

“Technology innovation for the sake of innovation is an empty shell if we focus on what people don't need but would buy anyways.”

— Iveta Cherneva

“Chapter 4 concludes by pointing out that an additional incentive can drive individual user-innovators to innovate rather than buy: they may value the process…

— Eric von Hippel

“The world needs more developers and entrepreneurs. Those who can see the future built and bring it into being.”

— Anyaele Sam Chiyson

“I conclude this chapter by reminding the reader that studies of the sources of innovation show clearly that users will tend to develop some…

— Eric von Hippel

“and services-both firms and individual consumers-are increasingly able to innovate for themselves. User-centered innovation processes offer great advantages over the manufacturer-centric innovation development systems…

— Eric von Hippel

Innovation has to be pervasive.

— Lynne Doughtie