The use of the internet for business purposes and among consumers is spreading at an impressive rate. Companies use it for a lot of different activities like, for example, marketing, online shopping and customer service. However, the use of the internet for the purpose of innovation, to create...

Manufacturers usually benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases in order to ensure that the development activities are performed efficiently in an appropriate sequence. Users usually do not apply such structured processes. They follow a more intuition-driven approach....

Grundlagen der Untersuchung der frühen Phasen Herleitung des Untersuchungsmodells der frühen Phasen Durchführung der empirischen Untersuchung der frühen Phasen Deskriptive Befunde Kausalanalytische Untersuchung

"Strong market orientation is essential for innovation success!" Although both academics and market research practitioners would generally accept this statement, alignment with the needs of the customer often results in conservative innovation strategies. Due to their focus on what is currently...

Die Entwicklung innovativer Produkte wird für Unternehmen in einem zunehmendenWettbewerb immer wichtiger. Insbesondere Innovationen mit einem hohen Neuigkeitsgrad,so genannte „Breakthroughs“ bieten einem Unternehmen die Möglichkeit, sich von seinenWettbewerbern nachhaltig abzusetzen.Zu...

In this paper, we report on the results of a large-scale study about typical front-end-related innovation practices in 553 Japanese mechanical and electrical engineering companies. We explore typical activities concerning the generation and assessment of new product ideas, the reduction of...