Exploring the ideation patterns of ordinary users: The case of mobile telecommunications services

International Journal of Product Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 289-309

  Magnusson, Peter R ^a   Kristensson, Per ^a   Hipp, Christiane ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRANDENBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creativity; Ideation; Innovation; Mobile telecommunication; Ordinary user involvement; Service development; Technology based services; User involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954389292     PISSN: 14779056     EISSN: 17418178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPD.2010.033963     Document Type: Article

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