Maximizing product innovation through adaptive application of user-centered methods for defining customer value

Journal of Technology Management and Innovation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 172-191

  Olsen, Tonje Overvik ^a   Welo, Torgeir ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Case study; Customer focus; Interview; Methods; Observation; Participatory design; Product innovation; Strategies; User involvement; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255193566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07182724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/s0718-27242011000400013     Document Type: Article

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