User Integration in Sustainable Product Development : Organisational Learning through Boundary-Spanning Processes.
Title:
User Integration in Sustainable Product Development : Organisational Learning through Boundary-Spanning Processes.
Author:
Hoffmann, Esther.
ISBN:
9781909493995
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- About the author -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The relevance of users in product development -- 3. Crucial conditions for user integration -- 4. Theoretical framework: Linking boundary spanning and organisational learning -- 5. Methods of user integration -- 6. Research design and methodology -- 7. Case study on user integration in the development of a climate-friendly product -- 8. Conclusions: Boundary spanning through user integration in product development -- Appendix 1: Observation protocol -- Appendix 2: Interview protocols -- References -- Index -- Back cover.
Abstract:
This book sheds new light on the interaction between companies and users in innovation processes and how they relate to sustainable product development. Its focus on organizational learning at and across the boundaries of companies is original, stimulating and improves our understanding of user-producer interactions.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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