Figures & data
Figure 1. Stage-Gate® product innovation process.
Source: www.stage-gate.com.
Figure 2. Major tasks in the innovation journey and underlying sub-processes: a synthesis. Source: Authors’ own elaboration based on Kanter’s (Citation1988) division of tasks.
Table 1. Characteristics of the interviewed founders by participating firm.
Table 2. Themes and sub-themes identified in the analysis.
Table 3. Key features of the firms analysed and their innovations.
Figure 3. The dual process of discovery and evaluation and its different forms. Source: Authors’ own elaboration.
Figure 4. Division of labour adopted during the innovation journey. Source: Authors.
Figure 5. Sources of funding as the organization develops. Source: Authors.
Figure 6. The innovation journey model. Source: Authors’ own elaboration.
