Recently the phenomena of external technology exploitation (ETE) has startet to attract from scholars, business and politicians likewise alongside with a growth of markets for technology. However, the makets for technology are still characterized by inhibiting obstacles that lead to high...

In this study we research user integration in the German service industry. Goal is to explorethe industrial practice with regard to four dimensions of user integration, i.e., why, whom,how, and how successful the service industry integrates to find novel service ideas. Data iscollected from a...

Motivation of this paper is to discuss that the open source model of innovation does not only seem practical in the software industry, but also in various other industrial contexts. We develop the concept of Open Source Innovation (OSI) as a generalisation of the open source model of software...

This paper extends the principles of open source software development to a non-industry-specific level by introducing the Open Source Innovation (OSI) model. OSI exhibits main differences to other related models and concepts such as the private-collective model, commons-based peer production,...

The rapid progress of electronic technology in recent decades has led to an increased technicalcomplexity and wide functionality of many products. As a result man-machine interfaces,such as displays became more and more important, wherefore investments and technicalprogress in these technologies...

Companies are starting to recognize the need to build a virtual community. They want toachieve a brought range of goals but face different, more demanding requirements whenbuilding a virtual community than do other providers. To give companies a guideline on howto establish their own virtual...

There is an increasing number of researchers conducting empirical and theoretical investigations tobetter understand innovation and protection activities of service companies. In fact, previous analysesreveal that the protection topic is difficult to study, particularly when using traditional...

This paper presents results of an empirical large-scale study on uncertainty reduction of R&Dprojects and R&D project selection. The empirical field is the German automotive supplierindustry. We explore R&D project selection practices in this specific industry and briefly contrastour findings...

This paper analyzes the impact of the virtual tool 'crash simulation' on automotive R&D over thelast 35 years. The research carried out in this context identifies and investigates distinct phasesrespectively stages of the potential of crash simulations based on the Finite Element Method and...

The domain of New Product Development (NPD) is subject to considerable uncertainties.However, companies are required to manage the innovation process as efficiently as possible.The resulting conflicting demands often leave companies struggling to achieve both,efficiency as well as flexibility...