Hippel. Today, a concept of a similar basis is known and developed in Europe under the name of User-Driven Innovation (UDI …The importance of users as a source of information for company innovation activity was raised in the 1980s by von …; NORDEN, 2006). Due to the growing significance of users as a source of information for innovation activities it is important …

The author discusses how different organizational structures may facilitate or impede innovation. During the various … stages in the innovation processes an organisation should adapt or change its structure to enable creativity and research to … during the innovation process by assigning venture teams to work on new products which exist in parallel and are outside the …

organizations, especially firms. This conception is reflected in a producer-oriented approach to science, technology and innovation … policy-making (STI). However a new understanding of the role of users within innovation processes is gradually taking shape … not captured by general statistics on innovation. Up to now the only exception is the empirical evidence-based study of …

organization innovation is a key factor. No wonder, many companies who have remained at the top always encouraged innovation. The … improve their standing.The word innovation almost always conjures up an image of a scientist in a laboratory, working to …, Kim and Srivastava (1998) also cite the restrictive definition of ‘Innovation' in marketing literature to mean largely …

While the number and importance of joint innovation projects between suppliers and their customers continue to rise …, the literature has yet to resolve a key question — do embedded ties with customers help or hurt supplier innovation … innovation knowledge to influence supplier innovation. In a sample of 157 Dutch business-to-business innovation relationships, we …

emerging markets, but also strategic resources that enable them to commercialize innovation. As consequence, Government … incentive and nurture of local PE/VC industries would be expected in emerging economies due to innovation's importance to …

Drawing upon the literature on knowledge management, leadership, and innovation, this study investigates the possible … associations among customer knowledge management, knowledge-oriented leadership, innovation quality, and firm performance in 283 … management mediates in the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and innovation quality. In addition, innovation …