and subsequently commercialized. We analyze cases of patients and their caregivers becoming user entrepreneurs - persons … their product to market. Our findings show that these innovation opportunities were mostly recognized during time … cases, the innovation had significant impacts on the quality of lives of the patients and, in case of caregivers, on both …

studies in the healthcare sector have shown that healthcare professionals are an important source of innovation. Yet, to date … chain of an emerging new product and how they contribute to innovation. Further, user innovation success in the market is … innovative contributions of intermediate and end users that have been sold and evaluated within the healthcare sector. Several …