Our study focuses on the question, whether users should be intensively involved in the innovation process of radical product innovations or better not - from the manufacturer's perspective. Radical innovations incorporate new technologies, shift market structures, require intensive user learning...

Die Schnelllebigkeit technologischer Innovationen, steigende Kundenanforderungen und verstärkter globaler Wettbewerb haben der Technology Adoption in vielen Unternehmen zuletzt höchste strategische Priorität verliehen - doch nicht alle kommen damit gleichermassen zurecht. Einige Dienstleister...

We describe how and why Magnetic Resource Imaging (MRI) came to complement – and partially replace -- computed tomography (CT) imaging of soft tissue. Specifically we chronicle: 1) the development of foundational techniques and prototypes (through the 1970s); 2) initial commercialization and...