Interdisciplinary approaches are critical to solve the interesting problems of the day. Branding, product design, and innovation are topics that have not been covered in the series so far but have been gaining attention. In all three cases, there is significant research and practitioner...

The literature of innovation is full of calls to become more creative and inspiring: but it has less to say on the reality of turning theory into practice and ideas into profit. Real breakthroughs depend on finding profitable applications for new ideas. The beneficiaries of countless innovations...

Die Analyse der Faktoren, die zum Erfolg einer Produktidee führen, ist für das Management von großer Bedeutung, insbesondere in den Frühphasen der Produktentwicklung, wenn noch keine Absatzdaten für eine Diffusionsprognose vorliegen. Auf der Grundlage der Adoptions- und Diffusionstheorie...