What Eric von Hippel thinks about customer demand
Professor of Technological Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management; author of Democratizing Innovation (2005).
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1 dated position, c. 2005, in their own words. Our reading of what Eric von Hippel has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingUsers generally have a more accurate and detailed model of their needs than manufacturers have.
Their wordsAs 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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