Download eBook Free: https://ouo.io/1ijWht Embedded Lead Users inside the Firm How Innovative User Employees contribute to the Corporate Product Innovation Process By: Tim Schweisfurth Publisher: Springer Gabler Print ISBN: 9783658000653, 3658000651 eText ISBN: 9783658000660, 365800066X Copyright year: 2013 Format: PDF Available from $ 99.00 USD SKU 9783658000660 The central phenomenon of this book are embedded lead users (ELUs): employees of firms who experience emerging needs and profit from solutions to these needs (i.e. who exhibit lead user characteristics) in relation to one or more of their employing firm’s products or services. In three subsequent studies I explore, how embedded lead users contribute to corporate innovation. I show which factors foster the lead userness of employees and what characterizes embedded lead users’ behaviors. This holds various implications for firms, e.g. with respect to the integration of user knowledge for innovation.
