Developing World Users as Lead Users: A Case Study in Engineering Reverse Innovation

Developing World Users as Lead Users: A Case Study in Engineering Reverse Innovation

This paper examines the "reverse innovation" of the leveraged freedom chair (LFC), a high-performance, low-cost, off-road wheelchair originally designed for developing countries. A needs study of 71 developed world wheelchair users was conducted through three different data collection effo...

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Main Authors: Judge, Benjamin M (Contributor), Holtta-Otto, Katja Mia Marjaana (Contributor), Winter, Amos G. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Innovation in Product Development (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ASME International, 2017-05-22T17:59:39Z.
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