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Joe Tidd (The Management School, Imperial College of Science, Techn, John R. Bessant (University of Brighton)
Strategic Innovation Management
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This first edition of Strategic Innovation Management is an exciting new addition to the established bestselling texts Managing Innovation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Joe Tidd and John Bessant.
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This first edition of Strategic Innovation Management is an exciting new addition to the established bestselling texts Managing Innovation and Innovation and Entrepreneurship written by Joe Tidd and John Bessant.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Seitenzahl: 448
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 184mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 916g
- ISBN-13: 9781118457238
- ISBN-10: 1118457234
- Artikelnr.: 42638864
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Seitenzahl: 448
- Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2014
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 184mm x 22mm
- Gewicht: 916g
- ISBN-13: 9781118457238
- ISBN-10: 1118457234
- Artikelnr.: 42638864
Joe Tidd is Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex, UK and visiting Professor at University College London. John Bessant holds the Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Exeter University where he is also Research Director.
About the Authors xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv How to Use This Book
xvii Part I Foundations of Managing Innovation 1 Chapter 1 What Is
Innovation - And Why Does It Matter? 3 What Is Innovation? 3 Why Does
Innovation Matter? 9 To Whom? 10 Innovation Isn't Easy! 10 Can We Manage
Innovation? 12 The Case for Strategic Innovation Management 13 Summary 16
Further Resources 16 References 17 Chapter 2 Innovation Strategy 21 Why
Strategy? 21 What's in an Innovation Strategy? 22 Strategy at Different
Levels 33 Dynamic Capability 35 Summary 37 Further Resources 37 References
38 Chapter 3 Identifying Strategic Capabilities 41 The Resource-Based View
41 Distinguishing Capabilities from Resources 42 Assessing Capabilities 46
Creating and Capturing Value 53 Beware of Core Rigidities 55 Summary 57
Further Resources 57 References 57 Chapter 4 Leadership and Organization of
Innovation 61 The Innovative Organization 61 Innovation Leadership 62
Collective and Social 65 Context and Climate 72 Summary 76 Further
Resources 76 References 77 Chapter 5 Innovation as a Process 81 Beyond
Spengler 81 A Map of the Process 82 Managing the Process 86 Learning to
Manage Innovation 90 The Problem of Partial Models 91 Summary 94 Further
Resources 94 References 96 Chapter 6 Sources of Innovation 97 Where Do
Innovations Come From? 97 Knowledge Push 98 Need Pull. . . 99 Making
Processes Better 101 Whose Needs? Working at the Edge 103 Crisis Driven
Innovation 105 Towards Mass Customization 107 Users as Innovators 107
Watching Others - and Learning from Them 110 Recombinant Innovation 111
Regulation 111 Futures and Forecasting 112 Design-driven Innovation 113
Accidents 114 Summary 116 Further Resources 116 References 117 Chapter 7
Search Strategies for Innovation 119 Making Sense of the Sources 119 The
Innovation Treasure Hunt 122 Innovation Search Strategies 127 Strategies
for Searching 131 Innovation Networks 133 Knowledge Management 134 Learning
to Search 135 Summary 137 Further Resources 137 References 138 Chapter 8
Forecasting Emerging Opportunities for Innovation 141 Forecasting 141
Customer or Market Surveys 143 Internal: Brainstorming 144 External:
Benchmarking 145 Scenario Development 149 Summary 156 Further Resources 156
References 157 Chapter 9 Selecting Innovation Projects 159 Why is Selection
a Challenge? 159 Choosing between Projects 162 Summary 178 Further
Resources 178 References 179 Chapter 10 Developing New Products and
Services 181 The New Product/Service Development Process 181 Success
Factors 186 Service Development 188 Tools to Support New Product
Development 193 Summary 199 Further Resources 199 References 200 Chapter 11
Developing Business and Talent through Corporate Venturing 203 Internal
Venturing and Entrepreneurship 203 Why Do It? 205 Managing Corporate
Ventures 211 Strategic Impact of Ventures 219 Summary 220 Further Resources
220 References 220 Chapter 12 Commercialization and Diffusion of
Innovations 223 Why Adopt Innovations? 223 Models of Diffusion 227 Factors
Influencing Adoption 230 Applying Diffusion to Innovation Strategy 237
Summary 240 Further Resources 240 References 240 Chapter 13 Exploiting
Knowledge and Intellectual Property 243 Innovation and Knowledge 243
Summary 260 Further Resources 260 References 261 Chapter 14 Business Models
and Capturing Value 263 What's a Business Model? 263 Generic and Specific
Business Models 267 Why Use Business Models? 268 Building a Business Model
269 Business Model Innovation 273 Summary 275 Further Resources 275
References 275 Chapter 15 Capture Value: Learning to Manage Innovation 277
The Story So Far . . . 277 Making Innovation Happen 278 Learning in
Organizations 280 Innovation Auditing 281 Innovation Auditing in Practice
288 Dynamic Capability and Changing Our Routines 291 Summary 292 Further
Resources 292 References 293 Part II The Innovation Frontier 295 Chapter 16
Users as Innovators 297 Users Aren't Passive 297 Lead Users 300 Extreme
Users 303 Co-development 304 Democratic Innovation and Crowdsourcing 305
Summary 308 Further Resources 308 References 309 Chapter 17 Exploiting Open
Innovation and Strategic Alliances 311 Open Innovation 311 Benefits and
Limits of Open Innovation 315 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances 323
Summary 326 Further Resources 326 References 326 Chapter 18 Exploiting
Discontinuous Innovation 331 Beyond the Steady State 332 The Problem - and
the Opportunity - in Discontinuous Innovation 333 Innovation
Lifecycles: From Discontinuity to Steady State 335 Discontinuous Can Be
Disruptive 337 Managing Discontinuous Innovation 343 Dealing with
Discontinuity 344 Summary 347 Further Resources 347 References 348 Chapter
19 Social Innovation 351 What Is 'Social Innovation'? 352 Definitions and
Exploration of the Core Idea 355 The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurship
358 Enabling Social Innovation 359 Why Social Innovation? 361 Summary 367
Further Resources 367 References 368 Chapter 20 Innovation in Developing
and Emerging Economies 371 Globalization and Innovation 371 Looking Back
373 Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage 374
Developing Countries 383 Summary 387 Further Resources 387 References 388
Chapter 21 Sustainability 389 The Challenge of Sustainability-led
Innovation 389 We've Seen This Before 391 Sustainability-led Innovation 392
Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability 399 Responsible
Innovation 402 Summary 404 Further Resources 404 References 405 Index 409
xvii Part I Foundations of Managing Innovation 1 Chapter 1 What Is
Innovation - And Why Does It Matter? 3 What Is Innovation? 3 Why Does
Innovation Matter? 9 To Whom? 10 Innovation Isn't Easy! 10 Can We Manage
Innovation? 12 The Case for Strategic Innovation Management 13 Summary 16
Further Resources 16 References 17 Chapter 2 Innovation Strategy 21 Why
Strategy? 21 What's in an Innovation Strategy? 22 Strategy at Different
Levels 33 Dynamic Capability 35 Summary 37 Further Resources 37 References
38 Chapter 3 Identifying Strategic Capabilities 41 The Resource-Based View
41 Distinguishing Capabilities from Resources 42 Assessing Capabilities 46
Creating and Capturing Value 53 Beware of Core Rigidities 55 Summary 57
Further Resources 57 References 57 Chapter 4 Leadership and Organization of
Innovation 61 The Innovative Organization 61 Innovation Leadership 62
Collective and Social 65 Context and Climate 72 Summary 76 Further
Resources 76 References 77 Chapter 5 Innovation as a Process 81 Beyond
Spengler 81 A Map of the Process 82 Managing the Process 86 Learning to
Manage Innovation 90 The Problem of Partial Models 91 Summary 94 Further
Resources 94 References 96 Chapter 6 Sources of Innovation 97 Where Do
Innovations Come From? 97 Knowledge Push 98 Need Pull. . . 99 Making
Processes Better 101 Whose Needs? Working at the Edge 103 Crisis Driven
Innovation 105 Towards Mass Customization 107 Users as Innovators 107
Watching Others - and Learning from Them 110 Recombinant Innovation 111
Regulation 111 Futures and Forecasting 112 Design-driven Innovation 113
Accidents 114 Summary 116 Further Resources 116 References 117 Chapter 7
Search Strategies for Innovation 119 Making Sense of the Sources 119 The
Innovation Treasure Hunt 122 Innovation Search Strategies 127 Strategies
for Searching 131 Innovation Networks 133 Knowledge Management 134 Learning
to Search 135 Summary 137 Further Resources 137 References 138 Chapter 8
Forecasting Emerging Opportunities for Innovation 141 Forecasting 141
Customer or Market Surveys 143 Internal: Brainstorming 144 External:
Benchmarking 145 Scenario Development 149 Summary 156 Further Resources 156
References 157 Chapter 9 Selecting Innovation Projects 159 Why is Selection
a Challenge? 159 Choosing between Projects 162 Summary 178 Further
Resources 178 References 179 Chapter 10 Developing New Products and
Services 181 The New Product/Service Development Process 181 Success
Factors 186 Service Development 188 Tools to Support New Product
Development 193 Summary 199 Further Resources 199 References 200 Chapter 11
Developing Business and Talent through Corporate Venturing 203 Internal
Venturing and Entrepreneurship 203 Why Do It? 205 Managing Corporate
Ventures 211 Strategic Impact of Ventures 219 Summary 220 Further Resources
220 References 220 Chapter 12 Commercialization and Diffusion of
Innovations 223 Why Adopt Innovations? 223 Models of Diffusion 227 Factors
Influencing Adoption 230 Applying Diffusion to Innovation Strategy 237
Summary 240 Further Resources 240 References 240 Chapter 13 Exploiting
Knowledge and Intellectual Property 243 Innovation and Knowledge 243
Summary 260 Further Resources 260 References 261 Chapter 14 Business Models
and Capturing Value 263 What's a Business Model? 263 Generic and Specific
Business Models 267 Why Use Business Models? 268 Building a Business Model
269 Business Model Innovation 273 Summary 275 Further Resources 275
References 275 Chapter 15 Capture Value: Learning to Manage Innovation 277
The Story So Far . . . 277 Making Innovation Happen 278 Learning in
Organizations 280 Innovation Auditing 281 Innovation Auditing in Practice
288 Dynamic Capability and Changing Our Routines 291 Summary 292 Further
Resources 292 References 293 Part II The Innovation Frontier 295 Chapter 16
Users as Innovators 297 Users Aren't Passive 297 Lead Users 300 Extreme
Users 303 Co-development 304 Democratic Innovation and Crowdsourcing 305
Summary 308 Further Resources 308 References 309 Chapter 17 Exploiting Open
Innovation and Strategic Alliances 311 Open Innovation 311 Benefits and
Limits of Open Innovation 315 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances 323
Summary 326 Further Resources 326 References 326 Chapter 18 Exploiting
Discontinuous Innovation 331 Beyond the Steady State 332 The Problem - and
the Opportunity - in Discontinuous Innovation 333 Innovation
Lifecycles: From Discontinuity to Steady State 335 Discontinuous Can Be
Disruptive 337 Managing Discontinuous Innovation 343 Dealing with
Discontinuity 344 Summary 347 Further Resources 347 References 348 Chapter
19 Social Innovation 351 What Is 'Social Innovation'? 352 Definitions and
Exploration of the Core Idea 355 The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurship
358 Enabling Social Innovation 359 Why Social Innovation? 361 Summary 367
Further Resources 367 References 368 Chapter 20 Innovation in Developing
and Emerging Economies 371 Globalization and Innovation 371 Looking Back
373 Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage 374
Developing Countries 383 Summary 387 Further Resources 387 References 388
Chapter 21 Sustainability 389 The Challenge of Sustainability-led
Innovation 389 We've Seen This Before 391 Sustainability-led Innovation 392
Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability 399 Responsible
Innovation 402 Summary 404 Further Resources 404 References 405 Index 409
About the Authors xi Preface xiii Acknowledgements xv How to Use This Book
xvii Part I Foundations of Managing Innovation 1 Chapter 1 What Is
Innovation - And Why Does It Matter? 3 What Is Innovation? 3 Why Does
Innovation Matter? 9 To Whom? 10 Innovation Isn't Easy! 10 Can We Manage
Innovation? 12 The Case for Strategic Innovation Management 13 Summary 16
Further Resources 16 References 17 Chapter 2 Innovation Strategy 21 Why
Strategy? 21 What's in an Innovation Strategy? 22 Strategy at Different
Levels 33 Dynamic Capability 35 Summary 37 Further Resources 37 References
38 Chapter 3 Identifying Strategic Capabilities 41 The Resource-Based View
41 Distinguishing Capabilities from Resources 42 Assessing Capabilities 46
Creating and Capturing Value 53 Beware of Core Rigidities 55 Summary 57
Further Resources 57 References 57 Chapter 4 Leadership and Organization of
Innovation 61 The Innovative Organization 61 Innovation Leadership 62
Collective and Social 65 Context and Climate 72 Summary 76 Further
Resources 76 References 77 Chapter 5 Innovation as a Process 81 Beyond
Spengler 81 A Map of the Process 82 Managing the Process 86 Learning to
Manage Innovation 90 The Problem of Partial Models 91 Summary 94 Further
Resources 94 References 96 Chapter 6 Sources of Innovation 97 Where Do
Innovations Come From? 97 Knowledge Push 98 Need Pull. . . 99 Making
Processes Better 101 Whose Needs? Working at the Edge 103 Crisis Driven
Innovation 105 Towards Mass Customization 107 Users as Innovators 107
Watching Others - and Learning from Them 110 Recombinant Innovation 111
Regulation 111 Futures and Forecasting 112 Design-driven Innovation 113
Accidents 114 Summary 116 Further Resources 116 References 117 Chapter 7
Search Strategies for Innovation 119 Making Sense of the Sources 119 The
Innovation Treasure Hunt 122 Innovation Search Strategies 127 Strategies
for Searching 131 Innovation Networks 133 Knowledge Management 134 Learning
to Search 135 Summary 137 Further Resources 137 References 138 Chapter 8
Forecasting Emerging Opportunities for Innovation 141 Forecasting 141
Customer or Market Surveys 143 Internal: Brainstorming 144 External:
Benchmarking 145 Scenario Development 149 Summary 156 Further Resources 156
References 157 Chapter 9 Selecting Innovation Projects 159 Why is Selection
a Challenge? 159 Choosing between Projects 162 Summary 178 Further
Resources 178 References 179 Chapter 10 Developing New Products and
Services 181 The New Product/Service Development Process 181 Success
Factors 186 Service Development 188 Tools to Support New Product
Development 193 Summary 199 Further Resources 199 References 200 Chapter 11
Developing Business and Talent through Corporate Venturing 203 Internal
Venturing and Entrepreneurship 203 Why Do It? 205 Managing Corporate
Ventures 211 Strategic Impact of Ventures 219 Summary 220 Further Resources
220 References 220 Chapter 12 Commercialization and Diffusion of
Innovations 223 Why Adopt Innovations? 223 Models of Diffusion 227 Factors
Influencing Adoption 230 Applying Diffusion to Innovation Strategy 237
Summary 240 Further Resources 240 References 240 Chapter 13 Exploiting
Knowledge and Intellectual Property 243 Innovation and Knowledge 243
Summary 260 Further Resources 260 References 261 Chapter 14 Business Models
and Capturing Value 263 What's a Business Model? 263 Generic and Specific
Business Models 267 Why Use Business Models? 268 Building a Business Model
269 Business Model Innovation 273 Summary 275 Further Resources 275
References 275 Chapter 15 Capture Value: Learning to Manage Innovation 277
The Story So Far . . . 277 Making Innovation Happen 278 Learning in
Organizations 280 Innovation Auditing 281 Innovation Auditing in Practice
288 Dynamic Capability and Changing Our Routines 291 Summary 292 Further
Resources 292 References 293 Part II The Innovation Frontier 295 Chapter 16
Users as Innovators 297 Users Aren't Passive 297 Lead Users 300 Extreme
Users 303 Co-development 304 Democratic Innovation and Crowdsourcing 305
Summary 308 Further Resources 308 References 309 Chapter 17 Exploiting Open
Innovation and Strategic Alliances 311 Open Innovation 311 Benefits and
Limits of Open Innovation 315 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances 323
Summary 326 Further Resources 326 References 326 Chapter 18 Exploiting
Discontinuous Innovation 331 Beyond the Steady State 332 The Problem - and
the Opportunity - in Discontinuous Innovation 333 Innovation
Lifecycles: From Discontinuity to Steady State 335 Discontinuous Can Be
Disruptive 337 Managing Discontinuous Innovation 343 Dealing with
Discontinuity 344 Summary 347 Further Resources 347 References 348 Chapter
19 Social Innovation 351 What Is 'Social Innovation'? 352 Definitions and
Exploration of the Core Idea 355 The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurship
358 Enabling Social Innovation 359 Why Social Innovation? 361 Summary 367
Further Resources 367 References 368 Chapter 20 Innovation in Developing
and Emerging Economies 371 Globalization and Innovation 371 Looking Back
373 Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage 374
Developing Countries 383 Summary 387 Further Resources 387 References 388
Chapter 21 Sustainability 389 The Challenge of Sustainability-led
Innovation 389 We've Seen This Before 391 Sustainability-led Innovation 392
Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability 399 Responsible
Innovation 402 Summary 404 Further Resources 404 References 405 Index 409
xvii Part I Foundations of Managing Innovation 1 Chapter 1 What Is
Innovation - And Why Does It Matter? 3 What Is Innovation? 3 Why Does
Innovation Matter? 9 To Whom? 10 Innovation Isn't Easy! 10 Can We Manage
Innovation? 12 The Case for Strategic Innovation Management 13 Summary 16
Further Resources 16 References 17 Chapter 2 Innovation Strategy 21 Why
Strategy? 21 What's in an Innovation Strategy? 22 Strategy at Different
Levels 33 Dynamic Capability 35 Summary 37 Further Resources 37 References
38 Chapter 3 Identifying Strategic Capabilities 41 The Resource-Based View
41 Distinguishing Capabilities from Resources 42 Assessing Capabilities 46
Creating and Capturing Value 53 Beware of Core Rigidities 55 Summary 57
Further Resources 57 References 57 Chapter 4 Leadership and Organization of
Innovation 61 The Innovative Organization 61 Innovation Leadership 62
Collective and Social 65 Context and Climate 72 Summary 76 Further
Resources 76 References 77 Chapter 5 Innovation as a Process 81 Beyond
Spengler 81 A Map of the Process 82 Managing the Process 86 Learning to
Manage Innovation 90 The Problem of Partial Models 91 Summary 94 Further
Resources 94 References 96 Chapter 6 Sources of Innovation 97 Where Do
Innovations Come From? 97 Knowledge Push 98 Need Pull. . . 99 Making
Processes Better 101 Whose Needs? Working at the Edge 103 Crisis Driven
Innovation 105 Towards Mass Customization 107 Users as Innovators 107
Watching Others - and Learning from Them 110 Recombinant Innovation 111
Regulation 111 Futures and Forecasting 112 Design-driven Innovation 113
Accidents 114 Summary 116 Further Resources 116 References 117 Chapter 7
Search Strategies for Innovation 119 Making Sense of the Sources 119 The
Innovation Treasure Hunt 122 Innovation Search Strategies 127 Strategies
for Searching 131 Innovation Networks 133 Knowledge Management 134 Learning
to Search 135 Summary 137 Further Resources 137 References 138 Chapter 8
Forecasting Emerging Opportunities for Innovation 141 Forecasting 141
Customer or Market Surveys 143 Internal: Brainstorming 144 External:
Benchmarking 145 Scenario Development 149 Summary 156 Further Resources 156
References 157 Chapter 9 Selecting Innovation Projects 159 Why is Selection
a Challenge? 159 Choosing between Projects 162 Summary 178 Further
Resources 178 References 179 Chapter 10 Developing New Products and
Services 181 The New Product/Service Development Process 181 Success
Factors 186 Service Development 188 Tools to Support New Product
Development 193 Summary 199 Further Resources 199 References 200 Chapter 11
Developing Business and Talent through Corporate Venturing 203 Internal
Venturing and Entrepreneurship 203 Why Do It? 205 Managing Corporate
Ventures 211 Strategic Impact of Ventures 219 Summary 220 Further Resources
220 References 220 Chapter 12 Commercialization and Diffusion of
Innovations 223 Why Adopt Innovations? 223 Models of Diffusion 227 Factors
Influencing Adoption 230 Applying Diffusion to Innovation Strategy 237
Summary 240 Further Resources 240 References 240 Chapter 13 Exploiting
Knowledge and Intellectual Property 243 Innovation and Knowledge 243
Summary 260 Further Resources 260 References 261 Chapter 14 Business Models
and Capturing Value 263 What's a Business Model? 263 Generic and Specific
Business Models 267 Why Use Business Models? 268 Building a Business Model
269 Business Model Innovation 273 Summary 275 Further Resources 275
References 275 Chapter 15 Capture Value: Learning to Manage Innovation 277
The Story So Far . . . 277 Making Innovation Happen 278 Learning in
Organizations 280 Innovation Auditing 281 Innovation Auditing in Practice
288 Dynamic Capability and Changing Our Routines 291 Summary 292 Further
Resources 292 References 293 Part II The Innovation Frontier 295 Chapter 16
Users as Innovators 297 Users Aren't Passive 297 Lead Users 300 Extreme
Users 303 Co-development 304 Democratic Innovation and Crowdsourcing 305
Summary 308 Further Resources 308 References 309 Chapter 17 Exploiting Open
Innovation and Strategic Alliances 311 Open Innovation 311 Benefits and
Limits of Open Innovation 315 Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances 323
Summary 326 Further Resources 326 References 326 Chapter 18 Exploiting
Discontinuous Innovation 331 Beyond the Steady State 332 The Problem - and
the Opportunity - in Discontinuous Innovation 333 Innovation
Lifecycles: From Discontinuity to Steady State 335 Discontinuous Can Be
Disruptive 337 Managing Discontinuous Innovation 343 Dealing with
Discontinuity 344 Summary 347 Further Resources 347 References 348 Chapter
19 Social Innovation 351 What Is 'Social Innovation'? 352 Definitions and
Exploration of the Core Idea 355 The Challenge of Social Entrepreneurship
358 Enabling Social Innovation 359 Why Social Innovation? 361 Summary 367
Further Resources 367 References 368 Chapter 20 Innovation in Developing
and Emerging Economies 371 Globalization and Innovation 371 Looking Back
373 Building BRICs: The Rise of New Players on the Innovation Stage 374
Developing Countries 383 Summary 387 Further Resources 387 References 388
Chapter 21 Sustainability 389 The Challenge of Sustainability-led
Innovation 389 We've Seen This Before 391 Sustainability-led Innovation 392
Managing the Innovation Process for Sustainability 399 Responsible
Innovation 402 Summary 404 Further Resources 404 References 405 Index 409