Clustering product innovators: a comparison between conventional and green product innovators

Firms ' transition towards green product service system innovators

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Explaining Fashion Cycles: Imitators Chasing Innovators in Product Space

This paper considers the problem of a fashion trend-setter confronting an imitator who can produce the same product at lower cost. A onedimensional product space is considered, which is an abstraction of the key attribute of some consumer good. Three broad strategies can be optimal for the fashion-leader: (1) Never innovate; milk pro…ts from the initially advantageous position but ultimately co...

Product Strategy for Innovators in Markets with Network Effects

T paper examines four alternative product strategies available to an innovating firm in markets with network effects: single-product monopoly, technology licensing, product-line extension, and a combination of licensing and product-line extension. We address three questions. First, what factors affect the attractiveness of each of the four product strategies? Second, under what conditions will ...

Does Market Selection Reward Innovators ?

Design Talk in a Community of Innovators

This technical report describes an exploratory analysis of a community of innovators who indirectly contributed to the design of del.icio.us, a system for social tagging. Participants in this community, which is mediated primarily by an e-mail listserv and guided by a de-facto moderator, envision and reflect upon systems for social tagging. The analysis of a sample of messages shows that partic...