StartMIT: Exploring Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Lec #: 1 · Topics: Introduction and Overview · readings: von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 2 and 3 in Democratizing Innovation.

Lec #: 2 · Topics: Many Users Innovate: Maybe Even You! · readings: von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 2 and 3 in Democratizing Innovation .

Lec #: 3 · Topics: Innovate or Buy? Each User has a Low-cost Innovation Niche · readings: von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 4 and 5 in Democratizing Innovation .

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.”)

von 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.

von Hippel, Eric. Chapter 6 in Democratizing Innovation .

von Hippel, Eric. “Cooperation Between Rivals: Informal Know-How Trading.” Research Policy (1987): 291-302.

von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 8 and 9 in Democratizing Innovation .

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.”)

Lec #: 9 · Topics: Finding Lead User Innovations and Giving Customers Toolkits · readings: von Hippel, Eric. Chapters 10 and 11 in Democratizing Innovation .

Zipkin, 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.

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.