European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

Corporate entrepreneurship and innovation part 2: a role‐ and process‐based approach

Elizabeth Shaw, Andrew O'Loughlin, Elspeth McFadzean

To extend the discussion held in part 1, and develop a two‐tier fifth‐generation model of corporate entrepreneurship and innovation.

The role of mental models in innovative teams

Graydon Davison, Deborah Blackman

This paper aims to explore the role of mental models in knowledge development in order to demonstrate how the type and strength of the mental models held by a team contribute to…

Customer involvement in new product development: A relationship marketing perspective

Stefan Lagrosen

The purpose of the paper is to create an increased understanding of new product development processes concerning customer involvement. A relationship marketing perspective has…

Market orientation and innovation: an inter‐relationship analysis

Joaquín Aldas‐Manzano, Inés Küster, Natalia Vila

Market orientation analyses have focused on two broad‐ranging approaches: the behavioural and the philosophical. The concepts of innovation and market orientation are gaining…

Status, role and satisfaction among development engineers

Barbara Bigliardi, Alberto Petroni, Alberto Ivo Dormio

To identify the problematic areas relating to the current managerial practices in motivating engineers and evaluating their relative contribution to the overall level of…

The validation of a use innovativeness scale

Antonia Girardi, Geoffrey N. Soutar, Steven Ward

To validate a measure of use innovativeness, or how existing products are used in a novel and innovative manner. The measure has practical significance for innovation research as…