In this article, we study the cautions needed when applying the Disruptive Innovation Theory, a framework formulated in the developed world, to innovation management in developing countries. We discuss four perspectives: Terminology, Asian Context, Aspect of the Logic of "Sufficient But Not...

The "right to repair" movement calls for government legislation that requires manufacturers to provide repair information, tools and parts so that consumers can independently repair their own products with more ease. The initiative has gained global traction in recent years and become a subject...

Innovation scholars highlight the economic benefits to firms, while research findings on the relationship between innovation output and economic returns remain mixed. In this study, we develop the profiting from innovation (PFI) framework and address the crucial role of financial constraints in...

It has become a burgeoning trend for the innovation paradigm to shift fromproducer-dominant to non-producer centric. Based on a critical review of the non-producer innovationliterature, we identified several limitations of existing non-producer innovation paradigms-grassrootsinnovation, free...

We study the impact of observational learning in large scale congested service systems with servers having heterogenous quality levels and customers that are heterogonously informed about the server quality. Providing congestion information to all customers allows them to avoid congested...

We study the impact of counterfeiting on a brand-name supply chain’s strategic choice of channel structures and how these structures in turn affect the counterfeiting market. In our model, the supplier can practice costly encroachment by launching a direct channel to sell brand-name products,...

Referral programs are widely adopted to expand the awareness of newly launched products and to boost their sales and profits. In these programs, customers, upon purchasing a product, are invited to refer their friends, and to stimulate their referral actions, firms promise them certain benefits...