Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of lead users (LUs) on innovation success by proposing and … validating an integrative model that links LUs, innovation success and knowledge sharing (KS) variables. Design …-term profits. Besides, the authors confirmed that the impact of LUs on innovation success is mediated by the "KS" behavior …

Manufacturers usually benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases in order to ensure that the … knowledge at very low tariffs and increase reputation as a customer-close organization. -- Produktinnovation …

This study examines preceding factors of user innovation behavior using a case of smartphone applications … toexamineindirect and direct effects of consumer attitude on user innovation. Specifically, this study focuses ontwo aspects of the user … innovation evaluation:quality and quantity. Quality of user innovation in particular has the potentialtocontribute tothe …

Integrating the customer in the innovation process is believed to be a powerful means to reduce failure rates and to … innovation process has to be weighed against the costs. Virtual customer integration has been discussed as a way to limit these … sourcing of ideas. Especially the integration of the customer in the execution phase of the innovation process remains largely …

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Netnography i.e. the systematic observation and analysis of online communities to generate insights for an innovation … process, has been established as a method of user innovation in consumer goods industries. In this study we apply this …