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Technological listening posts, as a means of technological knowledge sourcing, were observed to be a widespread empirical phenomenon in centres of technological excellence and innovation clusters. Our research is based on 55 semi-structured interviews with 12 technology-intensive companies and 6...

In this article, we investigate the role intermediaries play in the cross‐industry innovation process. Intermediaries are external institutions that support companies in their innovative activities. They are frequently used to bridge gaps between different industries. Our research focuses on...

Customer integration into the innovation process is about to become a best practice. The lead-user approach has proven to be especially valuable when reducing discontinuous innovation's market risk. Since the theory of customer integration still lacks a concept and processes, this article...

The continued growth of the Chinese economy accompanied with the expansion of international investment in China has led to an increase in foreign research and development (R&D) activities in the country. Aside from the rising importance of R&D internationalization, research on foreign R&D in...

The past years have seen a decentralization of R&D to local markets and centres of excellence. Supported by modern information and communication technologies, "virtual project teams" were formed to facilitate transnational innovation processes. With their boundaries expanding and shrinking...

Bei Planung und Realisation von Projekten, insb. von besonders riskanten Projekten, ist klassisches Projektmanagement nicht mehr ausreichend. Drastisch erhöhte Risiken bezüglich Marktakzeptanz, Technologie und Umwelt werden ein situativ angepasstes Management erfordern können. Ergebnis der...