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Economics of Product Development by Users: The Impact of “Sticky” Local Information

Eric von Hippel
Eric von Hippel
Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Eric von Hippel

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Published Online:1 May 1998https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.44.5.629

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