Benefiting from a Supplier’s Innovation: A Conceptual Study

Authors: Jari Ruokolainen; Olavi Uusitalo

Keywords: complementary asset, supplier innovation
ABSTRACT
From the high technology marketing’s perspective it is essential to understand how a customer can
benefit from an innovation offered by its supplier. The authors study whether a systematic approach
could be found to understand customers’ success benefiting from a supplier’s innovation. Several
interesting and relevant concepts were found by studying the literature. In this article three cases
are introduced that help understand and further develop the concepts in the underlined topic.

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Conference: Glasgow, Scotland (2011)