Disruptive innovations and the greying market

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1915-1919

  Kohlbacher, F ^a   Hang, C C ^b  

^a German Institute for Japanese Studies   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aging; Disruptive innovation; Gerontechnology; Greying market; Transgenerational design

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GERONTECHNOLOGY; GREYING MARKET; TRANSGENERATIONAL DESIGN;

INNOVATION;

EID: 40649125811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2007.4419525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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