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Generating innovations through analogies: An empirical investigation of knowledge brokers
Kalogerakis, Katharina; Herstatt, Cornelius; Lüthje, … - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement, … - 2005
In this paper we explore how knowledge brokers - specialised design and engineering companies offering services to clients in diverse industries - use analogies for product development. Our research is based on interviews with project leaders of 13 knowledge brokering companies. The interviews...
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Generating innovations through analogies: An empirical investigation of knowledge brokers
Kalogerakis, Katharina; Herstatt, Cornelius; Lüthje, … - 2005
In this paper we explore how knowledge brokers - specialised design and engineering companies offering services to clients in diverse industries - use analogies for product development. Our research is based on interviews with project leaders of 13 knowledge brokering companies. The interviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010308086
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THE IMPACT OF INITIAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES ONPROJECT SUCCESS: SOME EVIDENCE FROM A STUDY OFJAPANESE COMPANIES
Stockstrom, Christoph; Herstatt, Cornelius - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2006
The domain of New Product Development (NPD) is subject to considerable uncertainties.However, companies are required to manage the innovation process as efficiently as possible.The resulting conflicting demands often leave companies struggling to achieve both,efficiency as well as flexibility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867060
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The impact of the fuzzy front end on newproduct development success in JapaneseNPD projects
Verworn, Birgit; Herstatt, Cornelius; Nagahira, Akio - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2006
is explored. Our conceptual model is based on the information-processing perspective. A structualequation model was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867065
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NPD-Process and Planning in Japanese engineering companies – Findings from an interview research
Herstatt, Cornelius; Stockstrom, Christoph; Nagahira, Akio - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2005
In this paper we report on the results of an interview research about new product development (NPD) processes and planning in 15 Japanese mechanical and electrical engineering companies. We asked the companies to describe one successful and one less successful project. All in all, we collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867089
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The process of user-innovation: A case study on userinnovation in a consumer goods setting
Tietz, Robert; Morrison, Pamela D.; Lüthje, Christian; … - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2004
Manufacturers usually benefit by dividing their innovation processes into distinct phases inorder to ensure that the development activities are performed efficiently in an appropriatesequence [1]. Users usually do not apply such structured processes. They follow a moreintuition-driven approach....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867107
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Systematische Nutzung von Analogien bei derEntwicklung innovativer Produkte
Herstatt, Cornelius; Schild, Katharina - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867109
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“Fuzzy front end” practices in innovating Japanese companies
Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit; Stockstrom, Christoph - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2004
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867113
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How to use analogies for breakthrough innovations
Schild, Katharina; Herstatt, Cornelius; Lüthje, Christian - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2004
Analogies can trigger breakthrough ideas in new product development. Numerous examples demonstratethat substantial innovations often result from transferring problem solutions from one industry ordomain to another. For instance, the designers of the new running shoe generation of Nike,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867114
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A causal model of the impact of the “fuzzy front end” on thesuccess of new product development
Herstatt, Cornelius; Verworn, Birgit - Institut für Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement … - 2000
execution, and success. The causal model is tested withAMOS using information from 144 completed projects from German … success of New Product Development: a direct impact and an indirectimpact by influencing the next stage of the NPD process, i … early involvement of allfunctions in an NPD effort to enhance communication and... …
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