Finding commercially attractive user innovations: A test of lead user theory

Firms and governments are increasingly interested in learning to exploit the value of lead user innovations for commercial advantage. Improvements to lead user theory are needed to inform and guide these efforts. In this paper we empirically test and confirm the basic tenants of lead user theory. We...

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Main Authors: Franke, Nikolaus, von Hippel, Eric A., Schreier, Martin
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18073