User Integration in Sustainable Product Development : Organisational Learning Through Boundary-Spanning Processes

This book sheds new light on the interaction between companies and users in innovation processes and how they relate to sustainable product development. Its focus on organizational learning at and across the boundaries of companies is original, stimulating and improves our understanding of user-producer interactions.

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Year of publication:	2012 ; 1st ed.
Authors:	Hoffmann, Esther
Publisher:	Sheffield : Routledge
Subject:	Lernende Organisation \| Learning organization \| Produktentwicklung \| New product development \| Innovationsmanagement \| Innovation management \| Nachhaltigkeit \| Sustainability \| Wissensmanagement \| Knowledge management

Extent:	1 online resource (345 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Cover; About the author; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The relevance of users in product development; 3. Crucial conditions for user integration; 4. Theoretical framework: Linking boundary spanning and organisational learning; 5. Methods of user integration; 6. Research design and methodology; 7. Case study on user integration in the development of a climate-friendly product; 8. Conclusions: Boundary spanning through user integration in product development; Appendix 1: Observation protocol Appendix 2: Interview protocolsReferences; Index; Back cover
ISBN:	978-1-909493-99-5 ; 978-1-906093-69-3
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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