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dc.contributor.authorTuunanen, T.
dc.contributor.authorBragge, J.
dc.contributor.authorHaivala, J.
dc.contributor.authorHui, Wendy
dc.contributor.authorVirtanen, V.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:05:15Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:05:15Z
dc.date.created2012-01-29T20:00:36Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationTuunanen, Tuure and Bragge, Johanna and Haivala, Janne and Hui, Wendy and Virtanen, Ville H. 2011. A method for recruitment of lead users from virtual communities to innovate IT enabled services for consumers in global markets. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 3 (2): pp. 31-56.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37641
dc.description.abstract

Contemporary information technologies enable firms to re-think and innovate with their service offerings. The difficult challenge with new service development (NSD) is how to engage the potential new service users in firm’s NSD activities. The lead user method has been a promising approach to tackle this problem. However, the finding and recruiting of the lead users has been found very arduous for the firms. The paper designs and tests a method for identifying and contacting the lead users, and employs laddering interviewing for subsequent data collection. The data consists of 55 laddering interviews conducted in Finland and Hong Kong. Our findings demonstrate that the proposed method can be considered effective. The results of the study show that with the proposed method we can facilitate design activities between new service developers and potential new service users. Our study also reveals interesting differences in the data sets regarding how interviewees provide reasoning for their potential service use. This finding provides basis for future research in understanding how culture affects new service development.

dc.publisherAIS
dc.relation.urihttp://aisel.aisnet.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=pajais
dc.subjectGlobal markets
dc.subjectCulture
dc.subjectDesign science research methodology
dc.subjectPersonal construct theory
dc.subjectVirtual communities
dc.subjectLaddering
dc.subjectSnowballing
dc.subjectConsumers
dc.subjectLead users
dc.subjectNew service development
dc.titleA method for recruitment of lead users from virtual communities to innovate IT enabled services for consumers in global markets
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume3
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage31
dcterms.source.endPage56
dcterms.source.issn19437536
dcterms.source.titlePacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems
curtin.departmentSchool of Information Systems
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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