The process of user-innovation: a case study in a consumer goods setting
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In: International Journal of Product Development, Vol. 2, No. 4, 2005, p. 321-338.
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T1 - The process of user-innovation
T2 - a case study in a consumer goods setting
AU - Tietz, Robert
AU - Morrison, Pamela D
AU - Lüthje, Christian
AU - Herstatt, Cornelius
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Manufacturers benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases in order to ensure that development activities are performed efficiently. Users are expected to follow a more intuition-driven approach. In this paper, we analyse the way users improve or develop novel products. The field of our research is a new and rapidly evolving consumer market, the sport of kite surfing. We identified a sequence that underlies the approaches of user inventors. This sequence consists of two major stages, (1) idea generation and (2) idea realisation, each stage is further subdivided. We propose that a manufacturer can significantly profit from more closely observing such user activities.
AB - Manufacturers benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases in order to ensure that development activities are performed efficiently. Users are expected to follow a more intuition-driven approach. In this paper, we analyse the way users improve or develop novel products. The field of our research is a new and rapidly evolving consumer market, the sport of kite surfing. We identified a sequence that underlies the approaches of user inventors. This sequence consists of two major stages, (1) idea generation and (2) idea realisation, each stage is further subdivided. We propose that a manufacturer can significantly profit from more closely observing such user activities.
KW - Management studies
KW - user innovation
KW - lead user
KW - innovation process
KW - consumer markets
KW - consumer goods
KW - novel products
KW - Product development
KW - kite surfing
KW - idea generation
KW - idea realisation
KW - user inventors
KW - product design
KW - produc innovation
KW - end users
U2 - 10.1504/IJPD.2005.008005
DO - 10.1504/IJPD.2005.008005
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 2
SP - 321
EP - 338
JO - International Journal of Product Development
JF - International Journal of Product Development
SN - 1477-9056
IS - 4
ER -