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This seminal book has become essential reading for students taking courses in technology management and innovation, and for managers who are responsible for strategic planning. The author shows how the initiative to innovate can come not only form a manufacturer, but also from suppliers, and customers. The author calls these "lead users", and the term has come into the business lexicon. A video course based on the book was produced by the MIT TV department and has been distributed to many business schools. The Sources of Innovation has become essential to an understanding of how and where technological innovation takes place. For the first time, the book shows how the assumption that technological innovation is generated by manufacturers is inaccurate. Innovation takes place where it creates the most value, and that can be in a variety of locations, from suppliers to end users. Understanding this fact can facilitate the innovation process, leading to faster and better processes and products.
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A Classic in Research into Innovation
12 Dec 2001
Format:Paperback
I was shocked that I am the first person to review this book because, by now, Prof. Eric von Hippel's book is a classic in the field of research into the causes of innovation. One of von Hippel's key arguments in this book -- as well as in subsequent research and publications -- is that a lot of innovation comes from users of products and services. As users find new uses or new needs for products and services, producers often innovate to meet those needs. While that may seem obvious, this book was one of the first works to verify it in a scientific and rigorous way. Much more surprising than the conclusion just presented is how von Hippel found that users themselves often made the modifications or created new products and processes that lead to innovation. This book belongs in the library of anyone interested in innovation: scientists, engineers, economists, and businesspeople.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent research and rooted in the REAL world
30 Jan 2009
Format:Paperback
I owe this book and his author a host of insights. It helped me to build a solid vocabulary to talk about innovation and inspired me to give a talk about Innovation at work. This research involves a lot of shoe-leather work and solid research. It helps us to answer the questions: Why innovate in the first place, what is innovation, and who are the sources of innovation? It addresses the hot question of breakthrough innovation in the context of Lead-user theory (where theory is not the 'theory' as in string theory but it is backed by solid work in the field.
8 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Fascinating reading, almost prescient
2 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback
This book is worth anyone's time to read. It is thought-provoking and mind-opening, especially in light of the repeated confirmations of the theories put forth in the book since it was published. Professor von Hippel's recent papers apply principles from this book to open-source software, high-performance windsurfing, and other areas. Almost prescient...
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