In this paper, we report on the results of a large-scale study about typical front-end-related innovation practices in …

Strong market orientation is essential for innovation success!” Although both academics and market research … innovation strategies. Due to their focus on what is currently on offer in the marketplace, customers primarily demand so … research can alone allow innovation management to develop attractive search fields for radical innovations and if it can also …

, and managers often indicate the front end as being one of the greatest weaknesses in product innovation. Therefore, it is … surprising that only little research has treated the so called "fuzzy front end" of innovation. In this paper we discuss if …

Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms in today’s globalized world … specialized R&D institutions. This public-private partnership seems particularly useful in the early phases of innovation … phases of innovation (idea generation, evaluation and selection) to increase the innovative capability of firms in a given …

28 innovation projects in German and Japanesecompanies. We further reveal differences in the practice of innovation …

identifizieren? War diese Entwicklung Ergebnis eines effektiven wie effizienten Innovationsmanagement? Wenn ja, wie sehen die … dahinter liegenden Innovationsprozesse aus? Spielen bestimmte Methoden und Verfahren des Innova-tionsmanagement hierbei eine …

In research as well as in practice, process models are an expatiated element of innovation management. They fulfill … design of innovation process... …

We report on a survey of the innovation activities and characteristics of 153 users of outdoor-related consumer … products. We find a high level of innovation by these consumers. Thirty-seven percent report that they have developed ideas for … - frequent innovation by consumers and the possibility to identify efficiently those who innovate... …