Lead using or lead refusing? An exploratory examination of open innovation activities by lead users in mechanical engineering

IEEM 2007: 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1733-1737

  Schultz, C ^a   Nolting, M ^a   Dautzenberg, K ^a   Muller Seitz G ^a   Reger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; IT; Lead user; Mechanical engineering; Open innovation

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LEAD;

OPEN INNOVATION; UNANTICIPATED FINDING;

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 40649091861     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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