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 …

"Close orientation with the market 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 small … für radikale Innovationen erarbeitet werden können. -- Produktentwicklung ; Produktinnovation ; Marktforschung ; Lead User …

topics innovation, catch-up, and sustainability. Innovation is driving catch-up processes and is the condition for a … dynamics, heterogeneity, novelty, and innovation as well as transformation are the most attractive fields in economics today … better understanding of innovation, catch-up, and sustainability, and Schumpeterian economics in general. …

further development of the innovation, and initial tests of technical or market feasibility. Our findings have implications … for manufacturing firms that wish to design radical innovation projects with (individual) lead users and for research on …

incumbents. We examine the role in catch-up of late movers' optimal resource allocation between innovation and imitation … either imitation or innovation deters technological leadership change by late movers in the long run, since the leading firms … allocate more R&D resources to innovation and attempt technological leapfrogging. This transition from imitation to innovation …