Lead Markets in Age-Based Innovations Demographic Change and Internationally Successful Innovations

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 su...

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Main Author: Levsen, Nils
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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520 |a 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.  Contents 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  Target Groups Researchers and students of innovation management, technology management, sociology, and gerontology Executives of product development  The Author Nils Levsen has been working at the Institute of Technology and Innovation Managementat the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg and examines the international diffusion of innovations