Virtual lead user communities: Drivers of knowledge creation for innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-177

  Mahr, Dominik ^a   Lievens, Annouk ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Innovation; Knowledge value; Lead users; Virtual communities

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFICIENT; CUSTOMER NEED; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE VALUE; LEAD USERS; MOBILE SERVICE; NEW PRODUCT; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; TECHNICAL EXPERTISE; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

ENGINEERING; INNOVATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 81855164716     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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