A Conceptual Framework for Determining Critical aspects of Innovation in the European Assistive Technology market
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Innovation and new product development pose a number of challenges for a company, demanding critical thinking and decision making towards a conscious and purposeful search for innovation opportunities. This paper identifies the potential sources of innovation in the European Assistive Technology industry and proposes a conceptual model for incremental innovation, on the basis of the Rehabilitation Technology product taxonomy, an existing methodological tool for analysing products. Both tools can be used to assess innovation opportunities and improve the potential of this industry to adopt innovation-oriented policies.
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