Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today. They are regarded as an essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. In developed countries they are thought to provide a...

Recent years have seen the emergence of low-cost innovations targeted at economically weaker sections of the society, seeking to align business with social welfare. In many instances, results on the ground have been, however, rather sobering as firms have generally (probably justifiably) worried...

This study builds on our previous work (Tiwari and Herstatt, 2012), which had questioned the validity of certain assumptions of the lead market theory in the face of changing ground realities in a globalized world. Sustained economic growth and proven technological capabilities in some...

High-tech, German companies are facing a curious problem: their products are reportedly "too good" for the expanding global markets. So in a way they get "penalized" for offering a superlative quality. At a second glance, though, this doesn't seem surprising. For, succeeding in the emerging...

Innovations have acquired a key-role in the growth and competition strategies of firms today. They are regarded as an essential tool to stimulate growth and enable firms to master the competition brought about by the forces of globalization. In developed countries they are thought to provide a...

This study builds on our previous work, which had questioned the validity of certain assumptions of the lead market theory in the face of changing ground realities in a globalized world. Sustained economic growth and proven technological capabilities in some "emerging economies" like China and...

In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur zum Innovationsmanagement - wie in der betrieblichen Praxis der Neuproduktentwicklung - wird der Einsatz von "innovativen Analogien" als ein vielversprechender Ansatz gesehen, denn hierdurch kann bereits bestehendes Wissen zur Lösung von Problemstellungen,...

High-tech, German companies are facing a curious problem: their products are reportedly "too good" for the expanding global markets. So in a way they get "penalised" for offering a superlative quality. At a second glance, though, this doesn't seem surprising. For, succeeding in the emerging...