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Idea selection using innovators and early adopters
European Journal of Innovation Management ( IF 4.750 ) Pub Date : 2019-08-05 , DOI: 10.1108/ejim-05-2018-0094
Maria Sääksjärvi , Katarina Hellén

Development of new products is important for firm success; however, firms often struggle to identify the best ideas from multiple options. The purpose of this paper is to study how innovators and early adopters can be used for identifying the best ideas, i.e. the ideas that appeal to mass-market customers.,Two empirical studies were conducted. Study 1 concerned the development of a symbolic innovation, whereas Study 2 focused on a functional innovation. Each study consisted of two parts: idea generation and idea evaluation. In Study 1 there were 124 idea generators and 248 idea evaluators. In Study 2 there were 104 idea generators and 108 evaluators.,Both studies demonstrate that innovators and early adopters are able to predict the ideas that appeal to mass-market customers. Yet, it was also shown that this prediction depends on the nature of the idea. In the case of ideas for products that are predominantly symbolic in nature (Study 1), innovators and early adopters predict the buying intentions of mass-market consumers via the perceived novelty of the idea. In turn, for ideas that are predominantly functional in nature, innovators and early adopters predict the buying intentions of mass-market consumers directly via buying intentions.,These findings show that innovators and early adopters can be used for selecting the best ideas from a plethora of available options. This is the first time that innovators and early adopters have been empirically demonstrated to hold such a role.

中文翻译:

使用创新者和早期采用者进行想法选择

开发新产品对于公司的成功至关重要。但是,公司经常难以从多种选择中找出最佳创意。本文的目的是研究如何利用创新者和早期采用者来确定最佳想法,即吸引大众市场客户的想法。进行了两次实证研究。研究1涉及符号创新的发展,而研究2则关注功能创新。每个研究都包括两个部分:想法产生和想法评估。在研究1中,有124个想法产生者和248个想法评估者。在研究2中,有104个想法产生者和108个评估者。两项研究均表明,创新者和早期采用者能够预测吸引大众市场客户的想法。然而,还表明这种预测取决于想法的性质。对于本质上具有象征意义的产品的想法(研究1),创新者和早期采用者通过感知到的想法的新颖性来预测大众市场消费者的购买意图。反过来,对于本质上主要是功能性的想法,创新者和早期采用者直接通过购买意愿来预测大众市场消费者的购买意愿。这些发现表明,创新者和早期采用者可以用于从众多建议中选择最佳想法。可用选项。这是首次凭经验证明创新者和早期采用者扮演着这样的角色。创新者和早期采用者通过感知到的新颖概念来预测大众市场消费者的购买意愿。反过来,对于本质上主要是功能性的想法,创新者和早期采用者直接通过购买意愿来预测大众市场消费者的购买意愿。这些发现表明,创新者和早期采用者可以用于从众多建议中选择最佳想法。可用选项。这是首次凭经验证明创新者和早期采用者扮演着这样的角色。创新者和早期采用者通过感知到的新颖概念来预测大众市场消费者的购买意图。反过来,对于本质上主要是功能性的想法,创新者和早期采用者直接通过购买意愿来预测大众市场消费者的购买意愿。这些发现表明,创新者和早期采用者可以用来从众多选择最佳的想法可用选项。这是首次凭经验证明创新者和早期采用者扮演着这样的角色。这些发现表明,创新者和早期采用者可用于从众多可用选项中选择最佳创意。这是首次凭经验证明创新者和早期采用者扮演着这样的角色。这些发现表明,创新者和早期采用者可用于从众多可用选项中选择最佳创意。这是首次凭经验证明创新者和早期采用者扮演着这样的角色。
更新日期:2019-08-05
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