The process of user-innovation: a case study in a consumer goods setting

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-338

  Tietz, Robert ^a   Morrison, Pamela D ^b   Lüthje, Christian ^c   Herstatt, Cornelius ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

innovation in consumer markets; innovation process; lead user; user innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747885982     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2005.008005     Document Type: Article

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