An Intelligent Method for Lead User Identification in Customer Collaborative Product Innovation

• Jiafu Su ^[1] ; Xu Chen ^[2] ; Fengting Zhang ^[1] ; Na Zhang ^[3] ; Fei Li ^[4]
  1. [1] Chongqing Technology and Business University

     Chongqing Technology and Business University

     China

     
  2. [2] University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

     University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

     China

     
  3. [3] China University of Mining and Technology

     China University of Mining and Technology

     China

     
  4. [4] CISDI Engineering Co.

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• Localización: Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, ISSN-e 0718-1876, Vol. 16, Nº. 5, 2021, págs. 1571-1583
• Idioma: inglés
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  • For customer collaborative product innovation (CCPI), lead users are powerful enablers of product innovation. Identifying lead users is vital to successfully carrying out CCPI. In this paper, in order to overcome the shortcomings of traditional evaluation methods, a novel intelligent method is proposed to identify lead users efficiently based on the cost-sensitive learning and support vector machine theory. To this end, the characteristics of lead users in CCPI are first analyzed and concluded in-depth. On its basis, considering the sample misidentification cost and identification accuracy rate, an improved cost-sensitive learning support vector machine (ICS-SVM) method for lead user identification in CCPI is further proposed. A real case is provided to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the ICS-SVM method on lead user identification in CCPI. The case results show that the ICS-SVM method can effectively identify lead users in CCPI. This work contributes to user innovation literature by proposing a new way of identifying highly valuable lead users and offers a decision support for the efficient user management in CCPI.