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Strategic management of technological innovation
01 Jan 2013-
TL;DR: The importance of technological innovation, industry dynamics, sources of innovation, types and patterns of innovation as discussed by the authors, standards battles and design dominance, timing of entry, and defining the organization's strategic direction.
Abstract: The importance of technological innovation -- Industry dynamics of technological innovation -- Sources of innovation -- Types and patterns of innovation -- Standards battles and design dominance -- Timing of entry -- Formulating technological innovation strategy -- Defining the organization's strategic direction 1 -- Choosing innovation projects -- Collaboration strategies -- Protecting innovation -- Implementing technological innovation strategy -- Organizing for innovation -- Managing the new product development process -- Managing new product development teams -- Crafting a deployment strategy -- Suggested further reading -- Endnotes -- Index.
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Abstract: As with all new ideas, the concept of Open Innovation requires extensive empirical investigation, testing and development This paper analyzes Procter and Gamble's 'Connect and Develop' strategy as a case study of the major organizational and technological changes associated with open innovation It argues that although some of the organizational changes accompanying open innovation are beginning to be described in the literature, more analysis is warranted into the ways technological changes have facilitated open innovation strategies, particularly related to new product development Information and communications technologies enable the exchange of distributed sources of information in the open innovation process The case study shows that furthermore a suite of new technologies for data mining, simulation, prototyping and visual representation, what we call 'innovation technology', help to support open innovation in Procter and Gamble The paper concludes with a suggested research agenda for furthering understanding of the role played by and consequences of this technology
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