Grenoble School of Management

About: Grenoble School of Management is a education organization based out in Grenoble, France. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Context (language use) & Business model. The organization has 359 authors who have published 1167 publications receiving 23515 citations. The organization is also known as: Grenoble École de management.

Startup time, innovation and organizational emergence: A study of USA-based international technology ventures

Abstract: The acceleration of new technology venture launch and growth is an important and rapidly growing field of practice for university-based accelerators, incubators, and technology transfer offices. Based on four comparative case studies of fast-launching clean tech startups in the USA (two of which were university-affiliated), this paper explains how some technology startups are able to develop innovative products, form organizations, internationalize, and release products into global markets very rapidly, and highlights implications for university-sourced ventures. Findings show that two processes, “product emergence” and “organization emergence,” have to be managed strategically, with time as a critical variable to be considered. This paper suggests that there are dynamic tensions between temporal, financial, and human resources in the technology startup process. To start up quickly, the new international technology venture compresses two parallel timelines: product launch and organization launch, which can also accelerate the internationalization process. This study identifies the organizational formation pivot as a risky but necessary transition from a lean, informal, fast-paced technology development project to a structured, legally compliant organization, in the case of a university-sourced venture fully independent from the university that spawned it, that can be trusted for transactions and investment.

Learning cultures for sustained innovation success

Abstract: In this conceptual paper, we expose learning cultures that contribute to firms’ sustained success in innovations. The learning cultures we propose are based on the cultural theory proposed by Mary Douglas. We argue that different learning cultures have different preferences for modes of learning: the hierarchical learning culture prefers internal knowledge creation; the competitive learning culture learns through external knowledge transfer and the egalitarian learning culture learns through debates and discourse. We argue that, owing to their inherent characteristics, each learning culture will be more effective at different stages of the innovation process: the hierarchical learning culture will come to the fore during the radical phase of the innovation process, the competitive learning culture will be more effective during the incremental phase and the egalitarian learning culture will outshine the other two during the transition period between the radical and incremental phases. Finally, we propose t...

Understanding business model - literature review of concept and trends

Abstract: This article undertakes the literature review to understand the emerging trends on the conceptualisation of business model theme. The purpose of this article is to stimulate the reflective introspection towards the feasibility of theoretical grounding of business model concept based upon the comprehensive review of the existing academic literature around business model theme. Since 1990s, business model theme has received increasing attention as a recipe for competitive advantage among the academic and practitioner communities. However, despite the attention, business model theme still lacks consensus on different attributes like definition, components, theoretical baseline, configuration and applicability for the emerging economies. The purpose of this article is to synthesise the research literature on business model theme and provide the diagnostic outcome of the same in terms of future scope and trends.