Absorbing external knowledge is crucial for innovation within the organization. One way of tapping external knowledge sources is to rely on employees who reach out across the firm's boundary to external stakeholders and address knowledge sets located...

Recent studies have identified that employees can be lead users of their employing firm's products, and valuable sources of product innovation, residing within organizational boundaries. We extend this line of thought by recognizing that employees...

Das Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur hat IfW-Forscherin Prof. Christina Raasch als Mitglied in seine Innovationskommission berufen.

Innovation occurs when knowledge about unmet customer needs intersects with knowledge about technological solutions. Both knowledge types are often located outside the firm and need to be absorbed in order for innovation to occur. While there has...

Viele Innovationen basieren auf der Initiative unzufriedener Nutzer. Die Messung und Modellierung dieser sogenannten User Innovation steckt allerdings noch in den Kinderschuhen, wie dieser Beitrag zeigt. Innovationen entstehen in den Forschungs- und...