Comments on: Democratizing Innovation – A conversation between OpenBusiness and Eric von Hippel

By: OpenBusiness » Blog Archive » Charlie Leadbetter starts blogging about “We-think”

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:33:14 +0000

[...] Charlie Leadbetter will start blogging on OpenBusiness today. He is a prolific writer and researcher has been working on a new book to be published in 2007: “We-think”. The former FT editor was one of the first to write about the rise of the networked economy. In the wake of p2p economics (Benkler), wisdom of the crowds (Surowieki) and democratizing innovation (Hippel) he not only adds a new inspiring perspective, but also in the spirit of the times has opened his book to the innovation of the readers, which is available as a Wiki. [...]

By: Los Premios Lanark » Reportaje a Eric von Hippel

Los Premios Lanark » Reportaje a Eric von Hippel — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:55:01 +0000

[...] OpenBusiness » Blog Archive » Democratizing Innovation – A conversation between OpenBusiness and Eric von Hippel [...]

By: Chas Martin

Chas Martin — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:55:29 +0000

What von Hippel describes is broader and more insightful than most when addressing innovation. However, communication, or communication platforms for democratizing interaction are still at an early stage of evolution. One example of “collaboration platform” is QMIND (www.qmind.com). The company provides the collaboration space where storyboarding, group conversation, visualization and execution includes customers, R&D, marketing, sales, support, eLearning.
Certainly, the most important, and often the least involved department is the Customer Department.

By: Juan Freire

Juan Freire — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:51:15 +0000

La innovación por los usuarios en la teoría y en la práctica

Open Business publicó hace poco una entrevista a Eric von Hippel, el profesor del MIT que se dedica a analizar los modelos de innovación colaborativa entre empresas y usuarios y que publicó el libro Democratizing innovation (del que ya hablamos

By: alexpapa

alexpapa — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:17:04 +0000

Fully agree with this analysis of what is going on.

IMO this is precisely what the extraordinary innovation wave of the late nineties in the Valley was all about: R&D on an unprecedented scale. I am just impatient for the time when people will be able to “print” their integrated circuits or microstructures without using the services of fabs at least for prototypes. We are about to live exciting times and I feel privileged to be working with a couple of innovative start-ups in Europe helping them develop their business.