NASA pressure-relieving foam technology is keeping the leading innerspring mattress firms awake at night

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-191

  Schmidt, Richard S ^a  

^a Kimberly Clark Corporation (Innovation Organization)   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding; Bedsores; Coil spring; Consumer benefits; Core competencies; Disruptive innovation; Entrepreneurial brand management; Healthcare; Innerspring; Leverage buyout (LBO); Mattress; Medical products; Memory foam; NASA; Pillow; Pressure relieving; Pressure ulcers; Radical innovation; Slack; Sleep; Slow foam; Sustaining innovation; Viscoelastic foam

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; NASA; PLANNING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

BEDDING; BEDSORES; COIL SPRING; CONSUMER BENEFITS; CORE COMPETENCIES; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION; ENTREPRENEURIAL BRAND MANAGEMENT; HEALTHCARE; INNERSPRING; LEVERAGE BUYOUT (LBO); MATTRESS; MEDICAL PRODUCTS; MEMORY FOAM; PILLOW; PRESSURE RELIEVING; PRESSURE ULCERS; RADICAL INNOVATION; SLACK; SLEEP; SLOW FOAM; SUSTAINING INNOVATION; VISCOELASTIC FOAM;

INNOVATION;

EID: 60249101293     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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