The rise of the "innosumer"-Rethinking older technology users

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-214

  Peine, Alexander ^a   Rollwagen, Ingo ^b   Neven, Louis ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Co creation; Consumer; Gerontechnology; Innovation; Script

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894914071     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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