Lead markets in age-based innovations [electronic resource] : demographic change and internationally successful innovations / Nils Levsen, with a foreword by Prof. D. Cornelius Herstatt.

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Lead markets in age-based innovations [electronic resource] : demographic change and internationally successful innovations / Nils Levsen, with a foreword by Prof. D. Cornelius Herstatt.

9783658088156 electronic book
365808815X electronic book
9783658088149

Wiesbaden : Springer Gabler, [2015]

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English

Foreword in German.

1 online resource.

10.1007/978-3-658-08815-6 doi

HF5415.332.O43

658.800846

Nils Levsen focuses on the international diffusion of product and service innovations for elderly users. In particular, the existence and location of lead markets is being investigated. Lead markets are characterized by their early adoption of innovations and their influence on design choice in a subsequent international diffusion process. Finally, two boundary conditions to the applicability of lead market theory are being identified and described. ℗ℓContents Early Adoption Patterns and Lead Markets of Selected Age-Based Innovations Analysis of Lead Market Candidate Countries Based on Extant Theory Market Participant Study Age-Specialized Innovations: Stakeholder Structure and Implications ℗ℓTarget Groups Researchers and students of innovation management, technology management, sociology, and gerontology Executives of product development ℗ℓThe Author Nils Levsen has been working at the Institute of Technology and Innovation Management at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg and examines the international diffusion of innovations.

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