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Stephan Winterhalter is Senior Researcher at Institute of Technology Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He holds a PhD degree from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and worked as Visiting Scholar at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. His research focuses on frugal innovation, emerging markets, and business model innovation. His work has been published in Small Business Economics, R&D Management and Research-Technology Management. Stephan currently works as account manager in the construction industry.

Tobias Weiblen is Lecturer at Fernfachhochschule Schweiz, Zürich, Switzerland. He holds a PhD degree from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and worked as Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Business Innovation at UC Berkeley. His research interests, which he currently pursues in an industry position at a large transportation provider, include open and partner-based business models and business model innovation. His work has appeared in journals such as California Management Review, Industrial Marketing Management, R&D Management and the International Journal of Product Development.

Dr Christoph H. Wecht is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at BGW Management Advisory Group, St. Gallen, Switzerland and Competence Center for Open Innovation, Institute of Technology Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He, MBA, heads the competence center for Open Innovation at the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he worked in the automotive supply industry in Austria, Germany and the USA. He is also Co-founder and Managing Partner of the BGW Management Advisory Group, a strategy consulting company focusing on innovation management.

Dr Oliver Gassmann is Professor of Technology Management and Director of the Institute of Technology Management, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. He is Professor of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen and Director of the Institute of Technology Management. After completing his PhD in 1996, he led the research and advanced development department at Schindler Group, headquartered in Ebikon, Switzerland. He has published in leading journals such as Journal of Management, Long Range Planning, Research Policy, R&D Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management and the Journal of Business Strategy. His research focuses on the question of how companies innovate and achieve competitive advantage from innovation.