the internet for the purpose of innovation, to create ideas and concepts, is still underdeveloped. Practical experience …

Our study focuses on the question, whether users should be intensively involved in the innovation process of radical … question arises, whether users play a productive role in the innovation process of radical innovations at all, or if their … contributions might even be counterproductive. To gain a better understanding for the users' role in radical innovation and to …

In this paper, we report on the results of a large-scale study about typical front-end-related innovation practices in …. -- New product development ; Japanese firms ; planning ; success innovation …

conducted in the field of medical technology. Five radical innovation projects were selected including medical robots and … able to significantly improve their radical innovative capability. The paper contributes to technology and innovation … management research in two ways. First, by exploring critical user characteristics for distinct phases of the radical innovation …

Manufacturers usually benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases in order to ensure that the …

-end-related activities in 28 innovation projects carried out by 14 German and 13 Japanese companies to reduce project uncertainty. In all … innovation management in both the German and Japanese companies. We interviewed managers of 13 Japanese and 14 German enterprises … end" ;, activities and typical deliverables in the innovation process which might be affected by front end management …

In research as well as in practice, process models are an expatiated element of innovation management. They fulfill … and design of innovation process models. For this purpose, a brief retrospection of the emergence and advancement of … process models and a selection of process models is provided. -- innovation management ; new product development ; concurrent …

28 innovation projects in German and Japanese companies. We further reveal differences in the practice of innovation …

-based enterprise. Within the innovation process, we believe, the early phases ("fuzzy front end") to have the highest impact on the … whole process and the result (Input-Output Process), since it will influence the design and total costs of the innovation … extremely. However the "Fuzzy Front End" is unfortunately the least-well structured part of the innovation process, both in …