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Eric von Hippel

Eric von Hippel

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Business and Management
USA
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
70
Citations
64726
World Ranking
293
National Ranking
137

Eric von Hippel publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric von Hippel sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 160 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Eric von Hippel D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric von Hippel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Business and Management in United States Leader Award

Overview

Eric von Hippel is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Business, Management, and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Media Technology, Strategy and Management, Computer Science Applications, and Management of Technology and Innovation.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on innovation, user-driven development, and the broader impacts of technology and social change. Recent papers include:

  • "Social welfare gains from innovation commons: Theory, evidence, and policy implications" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Household Innovation: Its Nature, Measurement, Applications, and Outlook" (2022, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Supporting User Innovation Within 'Systems of Use'" (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • "Organizational Learning, Innovation, and Growth in an Uncertain World: The Role of Serendipity" (2023, Academy of Management Proceedings)
  • "'Systems of Use' Innovation: Products plus Behaviors" (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors of Eric von Hippel include:

  • Jason Potts
  • Andrew W. Torrance
  • Dietmar Harhoff
  • Jeroen P.J. de Jong
  • Christian Busch

The main venues for publication reflect a preference for the SSRN Electronic Journal and the Academy of Management Proceedings, where multiple works have appeared.

The academic topics addressed in Eric von Hippel's work include:

  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Open Source Software Innovations
  • Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
  • Service and Product Innovation

This research profile illustrates an emphasis on the interaction between innovation systems, digital platforms, and societal development, with a notable focus on user innovation and the changing nature of systems of use within technological and economic contexts.

Best Publications

  • The sources of innovation

    Eric von Hippel

  • Sticky Information and the Locus of Problem Solving: Implications for Innovation

    Eric von Hippel

  • The dominant role of users in the scientific instrument innovation process

    Eric von Hippel

  • Open Source Software and the Private-Collective Innovation Model: Issues for Organization Science

    Eric von Hippel;Georg von Krogh

  • How open source software works: “free” user-to-user assistance

    Karim R Lakhani;Eric von Hippel

  • Shifting Innovation to Users Via Toolkits

    Eric A. Von Hippel;Ralph Katz

  • Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation

    Carliss Baldwin;Eric von Hippel

  • Customers As Innovators: A New Way to Create Value

    Stefan Thomke;Eric von Hippel

  • Lead User Analyses for the Development of New Industrial Products

    Glen L. Urban;Eric von Hippel

  • Performance Assessment of the Lead User Idea-Generation Process for New Product Development

    Gary L. Lilien;Pamela D. Morrison;Kathleen Searls;Mary Sonnack

  • Economics of Product Development by Users: the Impact of Sticky Local Information

    Martin I. Reiman;Lawrence M. Wein;Fangruo Chen;Eric Von Hippel

  • Finding commercially attractive user innovations: A test of lead user theory

    Nikolaus Franke;Eric A. von Hippel;Martin Schreier

  • Satisfying Heterogeneous User Needs via Innovation Toolkits: The Case of Apache Security Software

    Nikolaus Franke;Eric A. von Hippel

  • Cooperation between Rivals: Informal Know-How Trading

    Eric A. von Hippel

  • Horizontal innovation networks-by and for users

    Eric A. von Hippel

  • Democratizing innovation: The evolving phenomenon of user innovation

    Eric von Hippel

  • FROM EXPERIENCE: Developing New Product Concepts Via the Lead User Method: A Case Study in a “Low-Tech” Field

    Cornelius Herstatt;Eric von Hippel

  • Profiting from voluntary information spillovers: how users benefit by freely revealing their innovations

    Dietmar Harhoff;Dietmar Harhoff;Joachim Henkel;Joachim Henkel;Eric A. von Hippel

  • Determinants of User Innovation and Innovation Sharing in a Local Market

    Pamela D. Morrison;John H. Roberts;Eric von Hippel

  • How User Innovations Become Commercial Products: A Theoretical Investigation and Case Study

    Carliss Y. Baldwin;Christopher Hienerth;Eric Von Hippel

  • How Open Source Software Works: 'Free' User-to-User Assistance?

    Eric A. von Hippel;Karim R. Lakhani

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeroen P.J. de Jong
Jeroen P.J. de Jong Utrecht University
Nikolaus Franke
Nikolaus Franke Vienna University of Economics and Business
Carliss Y. Baldwin
Carliss Y. Baldwin Harvard University
Ruth Stock
Ruth Stock Technical University of Darmstadt
Alfonso Gambardella
Alfonso Gambardella Bocconi University
Joachim Henkel
Joachim Henkel Technical University of Munich
Daniel E. Sichel
Daniel E. Sichel Wellesley College
Dietmar Harhoff
Dietmar Harhoff Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Cornelius Herstatt
Cornelius Herstatt Leuphana University of Lüneburg

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