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 …