Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of lead users (LUs) on innovation success by proposing and validating an integrative model that links LUs, innovation success and knowledge sharing (KS) variables. Design/methodology/approach - The authors research is quantitative in...

Observations on the connectivity among intellectual artifacts often confirm a core-periphery structure: A clustered group of artifacts possess the core knowledge to the field, which is widely cited in artifacts at periphery. We explain this as an outcome resulted from knowledge innovating and...

The social appropriation of knowledge is an emerging descriptor in political agendas, since it drives social development and innovation. The relevance of this strategy lies mainly in the fact that scientific knowledge is made available to the population for its use and application. The purposes...