How to evaluate innovations, especially in the beginning of new product development, is a
question constantly posed by academics, managers, and policymakers. One reason for this …

The paper investigates the aviation sector, as a case in point for a Smart environment and as
an example for Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 purposes. In the smart complex environments, a …

Digital new market creation has several advantages for incumbent firms (hereafter referred
to as 'incumbents') that they seek to exploit by using formalization and implementing agility …

Despite growing research on front-end indicators, the understanding of the evaluation of
innovative ideas in the early stages of the innovation process within a company remains …

The unwillingness of a gatekeeper to let go of a fruitless new product development (NPD)
project wastes valuable resources and hampers NPD performance. The onset of such …

Performance indicators (PIs) in the knowledge management (KM) field have the potential to
be useful for the measurement and management of the innovation process; however, current …

Firms implement radical innovation programs to create strategic value. Ensuring the success
of these programs may require involving the business network. This article pursues …

Digital innovations often follow a more fluid innovation process and, therefore, require
different ways of managing the front end of innovation. Agile as alternative to established …

The initial screening decision that marketing managers make is critical. It requires the
selection of what innovation project to invest in, which is fundamental to marketing success …

Open innovation has drawn significant attention over the years, and there is a growing body
of literature that highlights the importance of considering this phenomenon at the national …