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Sustainability, Social Media Driven Open Innovation, and New Product Development Performance*

Shuili Du, Göksel Yalcinkaya, Ludwig Bstieler · 2016 · Journal of Product Innovation Management

Summary. Firms with strong sustainability orientation achieve better new product development performance, partly through increased customer focus. Social media-driven open innovation amplifies these benefits in two ways: activities gathering market insights directly strengthen customer focus, while those acquiring technical expertise enhance how customer focus translates into product performance. Companies should strategically integrate sustainability into product development and carefully manage social media innovation activities.

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Du, S., Yalcinkaya, G., & Bstieler, L.. (2016). Sustainability, Social Media Driven Open Innovation, and New Product Development Performance*. Journal of Product Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12334

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DOI
10.1111/jpim.12334
Categories
innovation-theory, entrepreneurship, general-innovation
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2026-04-28