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lead users

Description: Users whose needs anticipate broader market demand and who may contribute ideas or solutions to product and service innovation.
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Lead Users: A Source of Novel Product Concepts
1986 · Eric von Hippel · Management Science · 4,654
Democratizing Innovation
2005 · Eric von Hippel · The MIT Press eBooks · 3,768
Lead User Analyses for the Development of New Industrial Products
1988 · Glen L. Urban, Eric von Hippel · Management Science · 1,125
Why Do Users Contribute to Firm-Hosted User Communities? The Case of Computer-Controlled Music Instruments
2006 · Lars Bo Jeppesen, Lars Frederiksen · Organization Science · 1,001
Leveraging Crowdsourcing: Activation-Supporting Components for IT-Based Ideas Competition
2009 · Jan Marco Leimeister, Michael Huber, et al. · Journal of Management Information Systems · 745
Does Customer Interaction Enhance New Product Success?
2000 · Kjell E Gruner, Christian Homburg · Journal of Business Research · 726
Consumer Empowerment Through Internet-Based Co-creation
2009 · Johann Füller, Hans Mühlbacher, et al. · Journal of Management Information Systems · 710
Participatory design and "democratizing innovation"
2010 · Erling Björgvinsson, Pelle Ehn, et al. · 708
Determinants of User Innovation and Innovation Sharing in a Local Market
2000 · Pamela D. Morrison, John H. Roberts, et al. · Management Science · 614
Creating breakthroughs at 3M.
1999 · E von Hippel, S Thomke, et al. · PubMed · 580
The Lead User method: an outline of empirical findings and issues for future research
2004 · Christian Lüthje, Cornelius Herstatt · R and D Management · 469
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Effects of Supplier and Customer Integration on Product Innovation and Performance: Empirical Evidence in Hong Kong Manufacturers
2010 · Antonio K. W. Lau, Esther Tang, et al. · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 427
Managing Technological Development
1988 · De Gruyter eBooks · 387
The Value of Customer Cocreated Knowledge during the Innovation Process
2013 · Dominik Mahr, Annouk Lievens, et al. · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 375
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The nature of lead users and measurement of leading edge status
2003 · Pamela D Morrison, John H Roberts, et al. · Research Policy · 352
Exploring the Contributions of Involving Ordinary Users in Ideation of Technology‐Based Services *
2009 · Peter R. Magnusson · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 315
Virtual lead user communities: Drivers of knowledge creation for innovation
2011 · Dominik Mahr, Annouk Lievens · Research Policy · 271
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Lead toxicity
2015 · D. A. Gidlow · Occupational Medicine · 224
Lead users: A source of novel product concepts
1987 · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 210
Usage Pattern and Sources of Assistance For Personal Computer Users
1986 · Denis M. S. Lee · MIS Quarterly · 210
Synergies among Producer Firms, Lead Users, and User Communities: The Case of the LEGO Producer–User Ecosystem
2013 · Christoph Hienerth, Christopher Lettl, et al. · Journal of Product Innovation Management · 207
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Understanding innovation in practice: a discussion of the production and re-production of Nordic Walking
2010 · Mika Pantzar, Elizabeth Shove · Technology Analysis and Strategic Management · 204
Lead users and the adoption and diffusion of new products: Insights from two extreme sports communities
2007 · Martin Schreier, Stefan Oberhauser, et al. · Marketing Letters · 202
Factors affecting late adoption of digital innovations
2018 · Sara F. Jahanmir, Joana Cavadas · Journal of Business Research · 177
The “Right” Consumers for Better Concepts: Identifying Consumers High in Emergent Nature to Develop New Product Concepts
2010 · Donna L. Hoffman, Praveen K. Kopalle, et al. · Journal of Marketing Research · 177
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Citation count: 28,770
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