their product to market. Our findings show that these innovation opportunities were mostly recognized during time … cases, the innovation had significant impacts on the quality of lives of the patients and, in case of caregivers, on both … ailment. This finding on innovation's social component complements current research on lead-users, as the solution of one …

-organizational learning, harvesting innovation and engaging in entrepreneurial activities. Recently, a new model of open innovation … institutional theory our findings show that the diffusion of the open innovation collaboration practice is either imitatively or … innovation collaboration as a marketing tool to let the incumbent’s innovation activity glitter more. Therefore, we conclude that …

specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the globalization of innovation. Based on recent … reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities. …