Information technology and product/service innovation: A brief assessment and some suggestions for future research

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 215-226

  Nambisan, Satish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Innovation ecosystem; Operand resource; Operant resource; Product development; Service innovation

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DUAL ROLE; FOLLOW UP; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPERAND RESOURCE; OPERANT RESOURCE; PRODUCT/SERVICE INNOVATIONS; REFERENCE DISCIPLINE; SERVICE INNOVATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876921635     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00327     Document Type: Article

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