Our study focuses on the question, whether users should be intensively involved in the innovation process of radical … question arises, whether users play a productive role in the innovation process of radical innovations at all, or if their … contributions might even be counterproductive. To gain a better understanding for the users' role in radical innovation and to …

address various managerial issues concerning discontinuous technologies and radical innovation in the early phase of strategic … decision-making. In three in-depth case studies how companies proceeded with discontinuous technology and radical innovation … differentiated strategic management of radical innovation and incremental innovation. The propositions are transformed into a …

, Italy and Germany) and identified three innovation management journals leading the field. -- Innovation management ; green …The importance of green innovation management is growing in practice and academia likewise. To our knowledge, a recent … innovation" and provide an overview of the existing body of literature in the field of green innovations identifying the most …

28 innovation projects in German and Japanese companies. We further reveal differences in the practice of innovation … as well as distinctive differences between the projects studied in Japan and Germany. In sum, the 14 Japanese projects … ; idea generation ; project selection ; project planning ; Japan ; Germany …

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 …

specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the "globalization of innovation". Based on recent … empirical studies conducted by the authors in Germany, this paper presents results from research-in-progress and proposes a … reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities. -- Research and Development ; R …

specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the “globalization of innovation”. Based on recent … empirical studies conducted by the authors in Germany, this paper presents results from research-in-progress and proposes a … reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities …