Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation

Sustainable Growth Through Strategic Innovation

Author: Mitsuru Kodama

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1785366386

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From detailed reviews of existing dynamic capabilities, this book presents a theoretical model of a strategic innovation system as a corporate system capability to enable a large company to achieve strategic innovation. The book includes in-depth case studies to illustrate the importance of strategic innovation capabilities.


Building Innovation Capability in Organizations

Building Innovation Capability in Organizations

Author: Mil‚ Terziovski

Publisher: Imperial College Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1860947654

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Global competition, shorter product lifecycles and increasingly demanding customers are creating significant pressures for the creation of innovative organizations. By examining eight case studies in various industry sectors in Europe, Australia, Japan and Thailand, this book provides a qualitative explanation of the complex relationships between innovation capability, e-commerce, sustainable development and new product development. The book explores how organizations develop innovation capability through the application of e-commerce, sustainable development-orientation, and new product development in order to gain competitive advantage. This knowledge will help managers, academics and policy-makers understand ?what works, and why and how it works? in creating innovation-driven organizations from an international perspective, thereby providing an integrated approach to innovation management.


Continuous Innovation with DevOps

Continuous Innovation with DevOps

Author: Rainer Alt

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-05-14

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 303072705X

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This book connects the new world of digitalization with classic IT management. With the presence of software in objects, products and processes, most businesses will become software-defined businesses. Software development and software management are thus key to stay competitive in an environment that demands continuous innovation. The authors provide a comprehensive introduction to continuous innovation, the DevOps concept and lay the foundations of an innovation-oriented IT management. The DevOps approach to continuous innovation, which combines lean and agile concepts with an automated tool chain, enables solutions that synergize fast (re)action through digital innovation on the one hand and long-term development cycles and stable operation on the other. A comprehensive case study of T-Systems MMS, a digital service provider from Deutsche Telekom in Germany, illustrates the use of this approach in practice.


Developing Innovation Capability in a Mass Production Organization

Developing Innovation Capability in a Mass Production Organization

Author: Mark Douglas Dolsen

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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Subsequently, factory performance data representative of innovative and improvement behavior was collected for the same time period as the survey, and correlations were examined between work group engagement levels, engagement drivers, and the performance data at the work group level. Following this, case study research was used to examine how the process of innovation actually happens in the firm. Literature defines creative thinking as a continuous process of problem finding, problem solving, and solution implementing. Three cases of process innovations implemented over a three year period were studied to reveal how the organization executed the creative thinking process, the significance of employee engagement levels and drivers in that execution, and how innovation capabilities improved through experiential learning. From the two components of the study, a recommendation is offered for how an auto parts firm in a high wage rate jurisdiction can compete with a differentiation strategy by developing a continuous innovation capability. Organizational elements must be aligned in the execution of the three step creative thinking process, so that problems are clearly identified, and the most highly engaged employees are focused on creative problem solving.


Sustaining Continuous Innovation Through Problem Solving

Sustaining Continuous Innovation Through Problem Solving

Author: Stephen C. Armstrong

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780831132750

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Featuring a tried and tested, practical 17-step how to, this volume presents Problem Solving and Process Management methodology that can be used in any business environment. Includes numerous figures and examples of charts and documents used at each step of the process.


Innovation Systems and Capabilities in Developing Regions

Innovation Systems and Capabilities in Developing Regions

Author: Willie Siyanbola

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-05-23

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 1317116313

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In today's knowledge-driven world, innovation and innovation systems have become key policy issues. However, the extent of knowledge that is available on these concepts in less developed countries is still relatively low. Much of what we know about innovation theory and systems has come from the developed countries and reflects their world view. This apparent knowledge deficit has major implications for less developed countries. Innovation Systems and Capabilities in Developing Regions adds to the growing body of knowledge on developing countries. The theoretical and empirical case studies presented here advance the notion that, while developing countries may not engage in frontier research, a critical knowledge base upon which these countries compete for global markets is emerging. There is evidence that state and non-state actors are increasingly emphasising policies that sit within the framework of national innovation systems. This book illuminates this shift in policy competence at national levels. The contributions in this volume highlight the need for thorough understanding of the role of diffusion-based innovation linked to technology transfer and acquisition. They also provide empirical evidence on the drivers, dynamics and impact of such innovation in developing economies and the constraints that apply. Contributors also document the application of the innovation system approach in developing countries as well as the build-up and diffusion of technological capabilities within innovation systems. Academics, higher level students, policy makers and practitioners involved with innovation and the economics of technical change, particularly in developing countries, will find this a valuable book.


Building Innovation Capability in Organizations

Building Innovation Capability in Organizations

Author: Mile Terziovski

Publisher: Imperial College Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1860949991

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Global competition, shorter product lifecycles and increasingly demanding customers are creating significant pressures for the creation of innovative organizations. By examining eight case studies in various industry sectors in Europe, Australia, Japan and Thailand, this book provides a qualitative explanation of the complex relationships between innovation capability, e-commerce, sustainable development and new product development. The book explores how organizations develop innovation capability through the application of e-commerce, sustainable development-orientation, and new product development in order to gain competitive advantage. This knowledge will help managers, academics and policy-makers understand OC what works, and why and how it worksOCO in creating innovation-driven organizations from an international perspective, thereby providing an integrated approach to innovation management. Sample Chapter(s). Chapter 1: Introduction (84 KB). Contents: Development of an Integrated Innovation Capability Model; Strategic Shift from Product Orientation to Innovation Solutions Capability in the German Biotechnology Industry: Sartorius AG; Managing Strategic Change Through Mainstream and Newstream Innovation at Eurocopter, France; Leveraging Innovation Capabilities at Caterpillar Underground Mining (UGM) Pty Ltd; Drivers of Innovation Capability at Sun Microsystems (SMS); Development and Exploitation of Innovation Capability at a Defence Project Engineering Company (DPEC); Drivers of Innovation Capability for Effective Sustainable Development: Best Practice at Vaisala; Developing Innovation Capability Through Intellectual Property Strategy in the Australian Biotechnology Industry: Starpharma; Development of Innovation Capability at Invincible Company in Thailand; Multiple Cross-Case Analysis: Conclusions and Implications. Readership: Managers, academic lecturers, and management researchers; as a supplementary textbook for undergraduates and postgraduates in innovation and technology management."


The Google Model

The Google Model

Author: Annika Steiber

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2014-04-14

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 3319042084

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This book shows how companies like Google have reinvented the common practice in management in order to continuously innovate in fast changing industries. With the ever-increasing pace of change, reinventing existing management principles could become a necessity and prove crucial in the long-term competitiveness of many companies. The book presents a unique synthesis of findings from leading research on long-term competitiveness in fast changing industries. The core of the study comprises an exclusive 1-year in-depth research study on the drivers of innovation at Google and includes examples on how Google has translated the reinvented management principles into practice. The book also offers key action-points to help practitioners in reinventing their own management models for continuous innovation.