MIT’s Eric von Hippel Looks at the Rise of Consumers as Innovators

Eric von Hippel, a professor at MIT and economist who has studied open innovation since the 1980s, explores the phenomenon of consumers as innovators.

By Scott Kirsner · November 22, 2016 · 1 min read

Who’s a producer, and who’s a consumer? In the 20th century, the boundary was clear: companies made stuff, and consumers bought it. But according to Eric von Hippel , a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, you can miss a lot if you expect those two parties to…

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