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All assigned readings are available in the course reader. The main text for the class is:

Amazon logo von Hippel, Eric. Democratizing Innovation. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. ISBN: 0262002744.

Note that it is available free in electronic format from the MIT Press Web site, for reproduction for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution.


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1Introduction and Overviewvon Hippel, Eric. Chapters 2 and 3 in Democratizing Innovation.
2Many Users Innovate: Maybe Even You!von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 2 and 3 in Democratizing Innovation.
3Innovate or Buy? Each User has a Low-cost Innovation Nichevon Hippel, Eric. Chapters 4 and 5 in Democratizing Innovation.
4Dr. Nat Sims, Medical User-Innovator
5How Open Source Software WorksAmazon logo Raymond, Eric. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Press, 1999, pp. 27-78. ISBN: 0596001088. (The chapters in this book are not numbered - but the one assigned here is entitled "The Cathedral and the Bazaar.")

"Why Hackers Do What They Do: Understanding Effort and Motivation in Open Source Projects." (PDF)
6User Innovation Communitiesvon Hippel, Eric. Chapter 7 in Democratizing Innovation.

Mollick, E. "Innovations from the Underground: Towards a Theory of Parasitic Innovation." Master's Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.
7Why Users Often Freely Reveal Their Innovationsvon Hippel, Eric. Chapter 6 in Democratizing Innovation.

von Hippel, Eric. "Cooperation Between Rivals: Informal Know-How Trading." Research Policy (1987): 291-302.
8How Can Manufacturers Make Money if Users are the Innovators?von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 8 and 9 in Democratizing Innovation.

Amazon logo Raymond, Eric. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Press, 1999, pp. 137-193. ISBN: 0596001088. (The chapters in this book are not numbered - but the one assigned here is entitled "The Magic Cauldron.")
9Finding Lead User Innovations and Giving Customers Toolkitsvon Hippel, Eric. Chapters 10 and 11 in Democratizing Innovation.
10How Manufacturers Can Benefit from Distributed Innovation: The Story of InnoCentivePlease go to the Web site Innocentive to browse. Learn about what the firm does, what its business model is, and read case examples.
11Design and Manufacture of "Mass Customized" ProductsZipkin, Paul. "The Limits of Mass Customization." Sloan Management Review 42, no. 3 (Spring 2001): 81-87.

Thomke, Stefan, and Eric von Hippel. "Customers as Innovators: A New Way to Create Value." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 4 (April 2002): 74-81.
12Resistance to Innovation is the Norm: Things will Change - But Slowly, If Incumbents have a Choice!Amazon logo Morrison, Elting. "Gunfire at Sea." Chapter 2 in Men, Machines and Modern Times. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN: 0262630184.

Henderson, Rebecca M., and Kim B. Clark. "Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms." Administrative Science Quarterly 35, (1990): 9-30.

 








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