"The last two decades have witnessed an extraordinary growth of new models of managing and organizing the innovation process that emphasizes users over producers. Large parts of the knowledge economy now routinely rely on users, communities, and open innovation approaches to solve important technological and organizational problems. This view of innovation, pioneered by the ..."
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"Those who have successfully managed product information for mass customization carefully avoid disclosing how these esoteric systems work in practice. This is the first book to provide a holistic recognition of the essential aspects of an IT-supported product configuration system. In doing so, it reveals the basic building blocks of these systems, how they support mass customization, how these systems are selected and implemented, what ..."
"This proceedings book consists of the papers accepted for presentation at the joint conference of the International Mass Customization Meeting 2007 (IMCM'07) and International Conference on Economic, Technical and Organizational Aspects on Product Configuration Systems (PETO'07). Innovations in product design as well as in order acquisition and fulfillment processes are the main topics discussed in this book. The successful implementati ..."