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Part I: MANAGING FOR INNOVATION. |
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1 Key Issues in Innovation Management. |
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1.1 Innovation and Competitive Advantage. |
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1.3 The Importance of Incremental Innovation. |
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1.4 Innovation as a Knowledge-based Process. |
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1.5 The Challenge of Discontinuous Innovation. |
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1.6 Christensen’s Disruptive Innovation Theory. |
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1.7 Other Sources of Discontinuity. |
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1.8 Innovation Is Not Easy . . . . |
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1.9 . . . But It Is Imperative. |
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1.10 New Challenges, Same Old Responses? |
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1.11 Outline of the Book. |
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1.12 Summary and Further Reading. |
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2 Innovation as a Management Process. |
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2.1 Innovation as a Core Business Process. |
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2.2 Evolving Models of the Process. |
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2.3 Consequences of Partial Understanding of the Innovation Process. |
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2.4 Can We Manage Innovation? |
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2.5 Successful Innovation and Successful Innovators. |
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2.6 What Do We Know About Successful Innovation Management? |
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2.7 Roadmaps for Success. |
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2.8 Key Contextual Influences. |
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2.9 Beyond the Steady State. |
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2.11 Summary and Further Reading |
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Part II: TAKING A STRATEGIC APPROACH. |
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3 Developing the Framework for an Innovation Strategy. |
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3.1 ‘Rationalist’ or ‘Incrementalist’ Strategies for Innovation? |
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3.2 Technology and Competitive Analysis. |
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3.3 Assessment of Porter’s Framework. |
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3.4 The Dynamic Capabilities of Firms. |
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3.5 Innovation Strategy in Small Firms. |
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3.6 Summary and Further Reading. |
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4 Positions: The National and Competitive Environment. |
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4.1 National Systems of Innovation. |
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4.2 Coping with Competitors. |
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4.3 Appropriating the Benefits from Innovation. |
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4.4 Positioning of Small Firms. |
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4.5 Summary and Further Reading. |
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5 Paths: Exploiting Technological Trajectories. |
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5.1 Major Technological Trajectories. |
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5.2 Revolutionary Technologies: Biotechnology, Materials and IT. |
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5.3 Developing Firm-specific Competencies. |
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5.4 Technological Paths in Small Firms. |
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5.5 Summary and Further Reading. |
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6 Processes: Integration for Strategic Learning. |
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6.1 Locating R&D Activities – Corporate versus Divisional. |
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6.2 Locating R&D Activities – Global versus Local. |
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6.3 Allocating Resources for Innovation. |
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6.4 Technology and Corporate Strategy. |
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6.5 Organizational Processes in Small Firms. |
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6.6 Summary and Further Reading. |
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Part III: ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE EXTERNAL LINKAGES. |
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7.1 How Do Technology and Markets Affect Commercialization? |
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7.2 Differentiating Products. |
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7.3 Creating Architectural Products. |
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7.4 Marketing Technological Products. |
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7.5 Commercializing Complex Products. |
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7.6 Forecasting the Diffusion of Innovations. |
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7.7 Summary and Further Reading. |
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8 Learning Through Alliances. |
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8.2 Forms of Collaboration. |
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8.3 Patterns of Collaboration. |
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8.4 Effect of Technology and Organization. |
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8.5 Managing Alliances for Learning. |
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8.6 Summary and Further Reading. |
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Part IV: BUILDING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISMS. |
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9 Managing the Internal Processes. |
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9.1 Enabling Effective Search. |
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9.2 Enabling Strategy-making. |
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9.3 Enabling Effective Knowledge Acquisition. |
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9.4 Enabling Implementation. |
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9.6 Enabling Learning and Re-innovation . . . . |
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9.7 Beyond the Steady State – Making It Happen under Discontinuous Conditions. |
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9.8 Beyond the Boundaries. |
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9.9 Summary and Further Reading. |
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10 Learning Through Corporate Ventures. |
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10.1 What is a Corporate Venture? |
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10.2 Reasons for Corporate Venturing. |
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10.3 Managing Corporate Ventures. |
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10.4 Structures for Corporate Ventures. |
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10.5 Learning Through Internal Ventures. |
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10.6 Summary and Further Reading. |
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Part V: CREATING THE INNOVATIVE ORGANIZATION. |
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11 Building the Innovative Organization. |
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11.1 Shared Vision, Leadership and the Will to Innovate. |
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11.2 Appropriate Organization Structure. |
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11.4 Stretching Training and Development. |
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11.5 High Involvement in Innovation. |
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11.6 Effective Team Working. |
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11.9 Extensive Communication. |
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11.10 The Learning Organization. |
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11.11 Beyond the Boundaries. |
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11.12 Beyond the Steady State. |
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11.13 Summary and Further Reading. |
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12 Creating Innovative New Firms. |
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12.1 Sources of New Technology-based Firms. |
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12.2 University Incubators. |
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12.3 Profile of a Technical Entrepreneur. |
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12.5 Growth and Performance of Innovative Small Firms. |
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12.6 Summary and Further Reading. |
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Part VI: ASSESSING AND IMPROVING INNOVATION MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE. |
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13 An Integrative Approach to Innovation Management. |
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13.2 Learning to Manage Innovation. |
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13.3 Auditing Innovation Management. |
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13.4 What Kind of Innovator is Your Organization? |
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