Opportunity spaces in innovation: Empirical analysis of large samples of ideas

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-128

  Kornish, Laura J ^a   Ulrich, Karl T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept development; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Idea; Idea generation; Ideation; Innovation; Innovation process; Opportunities; Opportunity; Opportunity identification; Product design; Product development; Search

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT; CREATIVITY; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; IDEA; IDEA GENERATION; IDEATION; INNOVATION PROCESS; OPPORTUNITIES; OPPORTUNITY; OPPORTUNITY IDENTIFICATION; SEARCH;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REDUNDANCY; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 79551716995     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1247     Document Type: Article

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