chain of an emerging new product and how they contribute to innovation. Further, user innovation success in the market is … studies in the healthcare sector have shown that healthcare professionals are an important source of innovation. Yet, to date …

User innovation is a broadly discussed phenomenon in the context of open innovation which describes, for instance, the … field of lead users and user innovation, scientific literature provides only a few insights into how barriers are … research into the effects of user innovation barriers on user-generated products, and how user innovators' personal …

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 … ailment. This finding on innovation's social component complements current research on lead-users, as the solution of one …

conducted in the field of medical technology. Five radical innovation projects were selected including medical robots and … able to significantly improve their radical innovative capability. The paper contributes to technology and innovation … management research in two ways. First, by exploring critical user characteristics for distinct phases of the radical innovation …

-end-related activities in 28 innovation projects carried out by 14 German and 13 Japanese companies to reduce project uncertainty. In all … innovation management in both the German and Japanese companies. We interviewed managers of 13 Japanese and 14 German enterprises … end" ;, activities and typical deliverables in the innovation process which might be affected by front end management …

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

innovation and protection activities of service companies. In fact, previous analyses reveal that the protection topic is … conceptual frame has been developed in order to investigate deeper knowledge about service innovation protection and corporate … strategic behaviour. -- Service innovation ; Protection strategies ; Service companies ; Study ; Germany …