chain of an emerging new product and how they contribute to innovation. Further, user innovation success in the market is … studies in the healthcare sector have shown that healthcare professionals are an important source of innovation. Yet, to date …, companies and scholars have paid little attention to the end users of medical devices: patients. We focus on the innovative …

Focus and Scope of this Thesis -- Introduction -- Conceptual Foundations: The Phenomenon of Patients and Caregivers as … User Innovators -- Are Patients and Caregivers the Better Innovators? The Case of Medical Smartphone Applications … -- Introduction: User Innovation and Medical Smartphone Applications -- Theoretical Background and Hypothesis Development …