Diese Schrift erscheint zu Ehren von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Georg Gemünden (TU Berlin). Die betriebswirtschaftliche Innovationsforschung befähigt Unternehmen, erfolgreich Innovationen zu initiieren, Innovationsprojekte durchzuführen und neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen in den Markt...

When, on 21st September 2006, 'The Economist' compared incumbent telecommunication operators with dinosaurs that could soon face extinction, most readers were ready to agree. The mixture of declining revenues and fierce competition was believed to shake the market and soon to dethrone former...

In this paper, we study the influence of innovator roles in highly innovative ventures. In order to obtain a differentiated picture we take into account the degree of innovativeness as a moderating variable. To test our hypotheses we use a sample of 146 highly innovative new product development...