The Social Network Position of Lead Users

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 201-216

  Kratzer, Jan ^a   Lettl, Christopher ^b   Franke, Nikolaus ^b   Gloor, Peter A ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

BETWEENNESS CENTRALITY; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; EMBEDDEDNESS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HIGH POTENTIAL; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIAL NETWORK POSITIONS; WEB MINING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84955172020     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12291     Document Type: Article

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