Embedded lead users inside the firm how innovative user employees contribute to the corporate product innovation process

The central phenomenon of this book are embedded lead users (ELUs): employees of firms who exhibit lead user characteristics in relation to their employing firm’s products or services. Examples for this phenomenon exist amongst others in the sporting industry in which users of sporting goods are at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schweisfurth, Tim (-)
Otros Autores: Herstatt, Cornelius
Formato: Tesis
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : Springer Gabler 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Gabler research. Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
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Sumario:The central phenomenon of this book are embedded lead users (ELUs): employees of firms who exhibit lead user characteristics in relation to their employing firm’s products or services. Examples for this phenomenon exist amongst others in the sporting industry in which users of sporting goods are at the same time employed by manufacturers of these goods. In three consecutive studies Tim Schweisfurth explores how embedded lead users contribute to corporate innovation. He shows what factors foster the lead userness of employees and what characterizes embedded lead users’ behaviors. Various implications for firms are discussed, e.g. with respect to leveraging user knowledge for innovation.  .
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (234 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781283909341
9783658000660