korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Users generally have a more accurate and detailed model of their needs than manufacturers have.

Drawn from what Eric von Hippel said

What these subjects mean

mental models Thinking tools borrowed across disciplines: inversion, second-order effects, circles of competence, probabilities, incentives.

customer demand Where demand for a product comes from: whether it is already there to be found, or is made by the people selling.

Can you create demand, or only find it?under our view: What people already do with their own hands shows where demand is

What Eric von Hippel actually said

  1. Eric von Hippel Professor of Technological Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management
    As a result, users generally have a more accurate and more detailed model of their needs than manufacturers have, while manufacturers have a better model of the solution approach in which they specialize than the user has.

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