Embedded lead users - The benefits of employing users for corporate innovation

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 168-180

  Schweisfurth, Tim G ^a,b   Raasch, Christina ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TUM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embedded lead users; Market information processing; Organizational behavior; Organizational boundaries; Sticky knowledge; User innovation

Indexed keywords

JOB SATISFACTION;

LEAD USERS; MARKET INFORMATION; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; STICKY KNOWLEDGE; USER INNOVATION;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84916603395     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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