Voices from the field: How exceptional electronic industrial innovators innovate

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-240

  Griffin, Abbie ^a   Price, Raymond L ^b   Maloney, Matthew M ^b   Vojak, Bruce A ^c   Sim, Edward W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Electrical and Computer Engineering and Industrial

^d Bain and Company

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER NEEDS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCHES; INNOVATION PROCESS; NEW PRODUCTS; PROCESS NEEDS; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; RADICAL INNOVATIONS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 59349119071     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2009.00347.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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