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T1 The emerging role of Lead Users in the mobile industry
A1 Martín Sánchez, Miryam
A1 Miguel Dávila, José Ángel
A1 López Berzosa, David
A2 Organizacion de Empresa
K1 Economía
K1 Empresas
K1 Networks for value creation
K1 Tacit knowledge
K1 Lead user theory
K1 Dynamic capabilities
K1 Mobile ecosystems
AB The purpose of this paper is to provide a formal conceptualization of emerging mobile ecosystems as value-creation networks and characterize the role played by external developers, conceptualized as Lead Users (VonHippel 1986), in theevolution of these networks in the mobile industry. Based on quantitative data from a survey conducted between seasoned developers mediation models for panel data are built. The results are triangulated with semi-structured interviews and corporate data as reported by companies. The empirical study confirms that external developers are paramount to absorb external knowledge and transform it into knowledge of explicit nature and therefore of high value for other participants in the network. This paper finds evidence on the influence that external developers, conceptualized as Lead Users (VonHippel 1986), expert on firms’ ability to compete in the mobile industry.
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/14754
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/14754
NO XVI Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización, 18-20 de julio, 2012, Vigo
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 02-jun-2024