"Tools for Thinking About the Sources of Innovation in Ceramics Materials and Processes."

von Hippel, Eric. In Proceedings of the American Ceramics Society, 88th Annual Meeting, Westerville, Ohio: December 1986.

"Lead Users: A Source of Novel Product Concepts."

von Hippel, Eric. Management Science Vol. 32, No. 7 (1986): 791-805.

"Learning from Lead Users."

von Hippel, Eric. In Marketing in an Electronic Age, edited by Robert D. Buzzell, 308-317. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1985.

"Generation and Evaluation of Novel Product Concepts via Analysis of Experienced Users."

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"Increasing Innovators' Returns from Innovation."

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