User-centric innovations in new product development - Systematic indentification of lead users harnessing interactive and collaborative online-tools

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-458

  Bilgram, Volker ^a   Brem, Alexander ^a   Voigt, Kai Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lead user; New product development; Online communities; User centric innovation; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

EID: 53249111586     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919608002096     Document Type: Article

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